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[brianw82]

Are you serious that you didn't know this?

Been mentioned here several times.

Also never been proven.

[pineapple stu]

Outside being mentioned by the FAI at one of the Fans' Forums which several people on here attended.

Unless you're accusing the FAI of sometimes not being entirely truthful just so they come across in a good light?

[thischarmingman]

It's E3m "indirectly" though isn't it? In that, the FAI reduced their asking price in exchange for a weekly prime time highlights show.

Not that it makes any difference but just wanted to clarify.

[brianw82]

Unless you're accusing the FAI of sometimes not being entirely truthful just so they come across in a good light?

eh....buh.....errr.................no

I have nothing but admiration for the FAI

[Mad Moose]

It's E3m "indirectly" though isn't it? In that, the FAI reduced their asking price in exchange for a weekly prime time highlights show.

Not that it makes any difference but just wanted to clarify.

Is it 3m per annum?

[Sheridan]

It's €4m over the course of the contact. Don't know how long the contract is for, though.

[Mad Moose]

It's €4m over the course of the contact. Don't know how long the contract is for, though.

According to Alkin

'In addition there will be 36 Monday Night Soccer programmes every year until 2013'

[gspain]

It's E3m "indirectly" though isn't it? In that, the FAI reduced their asking price in exchange for a weekly prime time highlights show.

Not that it makes any difference but just wanted to clarify.

The FAI agreed that RTE could reduce their "offer" by 3 million in return for MNS.

It met with stern resistance from RTE but they agreed.

It is still the equivalent of 3 million euro in cash that the FAI have to forego to allow a highlights programme on RTE.

Now I enjoy MNS and it is normally the only programme I watch on RTE these days. I can live with the lack of first division coverage but it is a bit much RTE claiming they are committed to domestic football when they would clearly rather not show it.

No doubt the English FA have to pay RTE to show the premiership on saturday nights too.

[thischarmingman]

No doubt the English FA have to pay RTE to show the premiership on saturday nights too.

See, this is the bit that really gets me. RTE are paying for, ie. spending our licence fee money, on a highlights show that is already available for anyone in Ireland to view, just a couple of hours later on BBC1.

[pineapple stu]

Presumably they'll say the extra advertising revenue during the show means it pays for itself.

[thischarmingman]

Presumably they'll say the extra advertising revenue during the show means it pays for itself.

If it's just advertising revenue they want then why don't they clear all the quality, homegrown produced shows from their schedules and exist on a diet of imported American and British soaps, sitcoms and talkshow- oh, I see...