The grip that Sky Sports has on us
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Topic: The grip that Sky Sports has on us
Posted By: athlonecelt
Subject: The grip that Sky Sports has on us
Date Posted: 06 May 2020 at 11:39pm
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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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Posted By: Jackal
Date Posted: 07 May 2020 at 12:35am
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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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Posted By: Newryrep
Date Posted: 07 May 2020 at 8:53am
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 ------------- 'Irish' Songs for an Irish team - no SPL EPL generic sh*te Richard Dunne - 6th Sept 11 - best marshalling of a defence in Moscow since General Zukov Russia V Germany 1941 |
athlonecelt wrote:Posted By: sausy
Date Posted: 07 May 2020 at 9:42am
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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? ------------- Bimbos Burgers - "Official Sponsor of the Irish Squad" |
Posted By: kevincronin2000
Date Posted: 07 May 2020 at 10:03am
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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Posted By: tetsujin1979
Date Posted: 07 May 2020 at 12:05pm
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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 ------------- All goals, red & yellow cards posted on https://mastodon.ie/@irish_abroad" rel="nofollow - mastodon and https://www.facebook.com/irishfootballstatisics" rel="nofollow - facebook |
Posted By: pre Madonna
Date Posted: 07 May 2020 at 12:08pm
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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. ------------- Greed has won, big finance has won. Whatever small role elite clubs still play in the local communities from which they grew is dwarfed now by their position as global brands. |
Posted By: Shedite
Date Posted: 07 May 2020 at 12:14pm
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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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Posted By: Trigboy 10
Date Posted: 07 May 2020 at 12:49pm
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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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Posted By: Het-field
Date Posted: 07 May 2020 at 12:56pm
| 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. |
Posted By: FrankosHereNow
Date Posted: 07 May 2020 at 1:32pm
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Thread title is a bit misleading. ------------- YBIG Quiz Champion 2016, 2017 & 2018. As You Were Three in a row |
Posted By: Claret Murph
Date Posted: 07 May 2020 at 1:36pm
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Once i found the joys of streaming at home i have never gone to a pub to watch game since . ------------- Lansdowne Road debut aged 52 and 201 days . |
Posted By: t_rAndy
Date Posted: 07 May 2020 at 3:09pm
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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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Posted By: McG
Date Posted: 07 May 2020 at 3:12pm
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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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Posted By: FrankosHereNow
Date Posted: 07 May 2020 at 3:39pm
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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. ------------- YBIG Quiz Champion 2016, 2017 & 2018. As You Were Three in a row |
Posted By: pre Madonna
Date Posted: 07 May 2020 at 3:42pm
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People being sociable in pubs? They will be drinking in them next. ------------- Greed has won, big finance has won. Whatever small role elite clubs still play in the local communities from which they grew is dwarfed now by their position as global brands. |
Posted By: ConorMac77
Date Posted: 07 May 2020 at 3:43pm
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Posted By: FrankosHereNow
Date Posted: 07 May 2020 at 3:44pm
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Posted By: pre Madonna
Date Posted: 07 May 2020 at 3:50pm
And you were? ------------- Greed has won, big finance has won. Whatever small role elite clubs still play in the local communities from which they grew is dwarfed now by their position as global brands. |
Posted By: Cabra Hoop
Date Posted: 07 May 2020 at 3:55pm
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Not everywhere, I was down in rural Wexford a few years playing the local team in a cup match. After the match we headed to their local for a few pints and to watch the Sunday Sky game. When we got to the pub, the telly wasn't on. The local radio was on with commentary of a local hurling match. When one of our lads asked, he was told the telly would be put on when the hurling match was over. ------------- " BFC always gives me a laugh........ " |
Posted By: FrankosHereNow
Date Posted: 07 May 2020 at 3:59pm
Should I have offered to buy him a drink?
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Posted By: seanyshuffler
Date Posted: 07 May 2020 at 4:15pm
Did that really get on your Cabra Hoop?
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Posted By: Cabra Hoop
Date Posted: 07 May 2020 at 4:28pm
 ------------- " BFC always gives me a laugh........ " |
Posted By: pre Madonna
Date Posted: 07 May 2020 at 4:36pm
No, you should move out of Dublin. ------------- Greed has won, big finance has won. Whatever small role elite clubs still play in the local communities from which they grew is dwarfed now by their position as global brands. |
Posted By: ripbomb
Date Posted: 07 May 2020 at 5:59pm
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Posted By: Shedite
Date Posted: 07 May 2020 at 6:07pm
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Think I go to the pub to watch sport for one of two reasons. 1. It's a big match and if I'm watching it with the kids at home they'll be interrupting me. 2. The match is just an excuse to see some friends
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Posted By: Jackal
Date Posted: 07 May 2020 at 6:08pm
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Sky never bother me as I'm not really into the Premier League etc. I'm happy with Match of the Day. When they got the GAA rights that really annoyed me. You're essentially paying for one match and then six days of cricket. BREAKING NEWS!!!! Sussex have scored a wicket against Kent.
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Posted By: planning
Date Posted: 08 May 2020 at 6:57pm
He was probably engrossed in his anti foreign sport propaganda rally, aka Kilkenny v Tipperary played in Jones Road, while we were trying to win our professional patriotic match in Georgia for 3 points, helping us to get to France. There's no real point arguing the toss in a pub on such a day. The parochial pastimes of Miley and Paidi on boghockey final Sunday, will always win out over any other competition. Ditto clashes with Ireland Six Nations games. Aside from that, watching games in pubs is rarely fun. There's either a TV on with no sound, blaring music drowning out whatever sound there is, a load of punters yapping so loudly that you can't hear what's going on, or alternatively no other punters, making the bored bar staff wonder why you're still there watching the game instead. Watching EPL games in pubs on foreign language stations is all of the above, and you need the patience of job to put up with it. ------------- VAR: Cutting the crap out of football. |
Posted By: Trigboy 10
Date Posted: 08 May 2020 at 7:38pm
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Posted By: irishmufc
Date Posted: 08 May 2020 at 8:04pm
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Posted By: FrankosHereNow
Date Posted: 08 May 2020 at 9:04pm
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Posted By: tetsujin1979
Date Posted: 09 May 2020 at 9:40am
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Posted By: pre Madonna
Date Posted: 09 May 2020 at 9:45am
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I'm sure the build-up would have been at least 30 minutes for it, making it quite clear what he was watching. We will be discussing what adds were on next. ------------- Greed has won, big finance has won. Whatever small role elite clubs still play in the local communities from which they grew is dwarfed now by their position as global brands. |
Posted By: Baldrick
Date Posted: 09 May 2020 at 10:13am
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Was at the all ireland final that day and then headed straight out to watch the ireland match on the telly in bowes pub in dublin city centre. Now I am football first but my god. The difference in spectacle and entertainment that day was obvious. I was a neutral at the tip v kilkenny game. What a game and then to follow it up with a sh*te match lit up by mcgeady doing what we knew he was capable of but didnt do enough. ------------- AKA pedantic kunt |
Posted By: FrankosHereNow
Date Posted: 09 May 2020 at 10:22am
https://www.rte.ie/amp/642042/?page=9" rel="nofollow - https://www.rte.ie/amp/642042/?page=9 This is beyond ridiculous by the way. As PM says, I was in the pub probably about 30 minutes before the game. All Ireland was on big screen. Ireland match was in small TV in the corner. ------------- YBIG Quiz Champion 2016, 2017 & 2018. As You Were Three in a row |
Posted By: Baldrick
Date Posted: 09 May 2020 at 10:27am
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I think your point has been missed that some pass remarkable arsehole decides to come over and voice his unwanted opinion. Best trick is just to nod and shutdown the conversation and not give him an inch. These pricks are just looking for you to argue back. ------------- AKA pedantic kunt |
Posted By: FrankosHereNow
Date Posted: 09 May 2020 at 10:32am
Fairly annoying that I’m being accused of lying. ------------- YBIG Quiz Champion 2016, 2017 & 2018. As You Were Three in a row |
Posted By: Baldrick
Date Posted: 09 May 2020 at 10:36am
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Frank it's a football forum who gives a sh*te if you have been accused of having herpes. It's not real life and what do you care. I am not suprised you got in a row with arseholes if lads on here annoy you ------------- AKA pedantic kunt |
Posted By: pre Madonna
Date Posted: 09 May 2020 at 10:58am
You should have just asked him when we qualified for the World Cup of stick fighting. I genuinely don't understand how anyone can watch hurling! You don't even know where the f**king thing is half the time and neither do the players. That's separate from my hatred for the ****s that run it too. ------------- Greed has won, big finance has won. Whatever small role elite clubs still play in the local communities from which they grew is dwarfed now by their position as global brands. |
Posted By: Jackal
Date Posted: 09 May 2020 at 12:46pm
Ah stop now will ya. He's never been capable of anything. That's why, bar Everton, he has always played for small clubs in the lower leagues.
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Posted By: Baldrick
Date Posted: 09 May 2020 at 1:12pm
So he wasn’t capable of doing something he went and did. That’s some logic therwn ------------- AKA pedantic kunt |
Posted By: pre Madonna
Date Posted: 09 May 2020 at 1:53pm
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He was a CL regular too. He never fulfilled his potential, largely because it seems he has a stubborn streak and wouldn't listen to direction, but he was capable of being brilliant on his day. The problem was those days weren't regular enough. ------------- Greed has won, big finance has won. Whatever small role elite clubs still play in the local communities from which they grew is dwarfed now by their position as global brands. |
Posted By: Martiponti
Date Posted: 09 May 2020 at 2:30pm
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Posted By: horsebox
Date Posted: 09 May 2020 at 3:41pm
He was injured for most of his time at Everton, excelled at Celtic, Spartak, Preston and Sunderland. Seems as you have your mind made up on him anyway. ------------- It was far across the sea, When the devil got a hold of me, He wouldn't set me free, So he kept me soul for ransom. na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na. I'm a sailor man from Glasgow to |
Posted By: Jackal
Date Posted: 09 May 2020 at 11:07pm
He did great at Sunderland alright, that's his level.
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Posted By: horsebox
Date Posted: 10 May 2020 at 9:44am
Makes no sense, when he excelled at a higher level at different clubs in different countries too. ------------- It was far across the sea, When the devil got a hold of me, He wouldn't set me free, So he kept me soul for ransom. na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na. I'm a sailor man from Glasgow to |
Posted By: Het-field
Date Posted: 10 May 2020 at 10:24am
| Isn’t it just a case that McGeady was overrated by those who wanted to overrate him, and underrated by those who wanted to underrate him. |
Posted By: Baldrick
Date Posted: 10 May 2020 at 10:35am
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Question is did sky sports control mcgeady or was it Netflix
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Posted By: sausy
Date Posted: 11 May 2020 at 9:35am
There was an overlap between the games but only a few minutes. Was watching it down in Revels (a YBIG stronghold) and given the way the hurling was going no one wanted it turned off! ------------- Bimbos Burgers - "Official Sponsor of the Irish Squad" |