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athlonecelt
Liam Brady Joined: 06 Mar 2009 Status: Online Points: 2947 |
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Posted: 06 May 2020 at 11:39pm |
Was chattin a friend today, who leases a bar in Athlone. He pays €18k p.a. to Sky. One of his biggest worries now is actually finally acting on his threat to pull the plug on Sky Sports altogether. He knows it not going tp go down well with some customers. f**kin chronic how much it costs. Apparently last year the Vitners wrote to Sky on belalf of its membees, threatening to leave Sky but Sky werent moved at all. Theyre selling worldwide now.
That and having the GAA, they have the country by the balls.
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Jackal
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A lot of pubs don't seem to bother, they just use the tapped box. They always get away with it.
The German FA did ban their Monday night games as it was bad for away fans.
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Newryrep
Paul McGrath Just can't get enough of lists Joined: 14 Jan 2009 Status: Offline Points: 15259 |
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I am sure they will cope - most of the time it is just on in the background with few watching it - it is absolutely saturated
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sausy
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I've been told before the rate Sky charges to pubs is based on the capacity of the pub. Anyone know what these rates are?
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kevincronin2000
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Don't have the exact breakdown, used to work in a bar that had capacity for about 250 people and the cost for sky and bt was about €10k per annum.
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tetsujin1979
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Also based on the area the pub is in, so a large pub in one place could pay less than a smaller place somewhere else
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pre Madonna
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It's connected to the council rates over here anyway, as far as I remember. I try to avoid the pubs with it generally.
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Shedite
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Depends on the clientele really, my local gets big crowds specifically for matches,lads who wouldn't have sky go to the boozer to watch it. If it's not that sort of place they'd be grand.
A lot of pubs get kickbacks for what they put on the TV too. At Christmas, sponsors pay to have darts on TV rather than football etc. Snooker is another big one for that.
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Trigboy 10
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Hanlon’s corner would be a big pub for sky sports it would be kind of known as a big Liverpool pub even though it’s situated in
North Dublin.
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Het-field
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I’m actually not a fan of watching matches at pubs. Especially as they are generally not of interest to most punters there. It’s almost on for the sake of being on, and you have two or three lads paying attention.
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FrankosHereNow
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Thread title is a bit misleading.
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Claret Murph
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Once i found the joys of streaming at home i have never gone to a pub to watch game since .
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t_rAndy
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you go to the pub for the pints and the atmosphere. Most likely you won’t have a better view of the game cause you need to get there early for a good seat and you wont be able to fully focus on the match as well as you would at home.
I really enjoyed the spurs CL final game on me big ultra HD tv last year, few beers, fully engrossed in it, although was watching it alone. But after the celebration on my own and watching them lift the cup and match finishing, I went back to sitting there watching telly with the missus. Compare that to 2005 when we were hanging out of the rafters in the local pub and drinking til all hours celebrating....its times like that where the pub for matches comes in handy
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If you really want to immerse yourself into a game then the pub is not the place to go. You miss too much of the detail and action.
But pints and the craic.
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FrankosHereNow
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I hate watching matches in pubs and I rarely do it. Got in a row watching Georgia v Ireland 2014 game, McGeady scored twice. Some other fckin knob started at it when I was watching the 2017 CL final, Juve v Real Madrid. Arseholes seem to feel the need to start talking to me on my rare journeys to pubs while a match is on.
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People being sociable in pubs? They will be drinking in them next.
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