23 kids who won't speak a word of it outside of school or after they finish school. Keep dreaming thoughQuote:
Originally Posted by Nesta99
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23 kids who won't speak a word of it outside of school or after they finish school. Keep dreaming thoughQuote:
Originally Posted by Nesta99
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Originally Posted by EalingGreen
FFS lads give it a rest will ya. It's the 21st Century not the 20thQuote:
Originally Posted by Sheridan
Not at all, great thing bout teaching Irish in a Gealscoil is that most of the kids are doing the language voluntarily so no resentment at teaching a 'pointless' subject.Quote:
Originally Posted by jinxy lilywhite
Sheridan your response to ealing re nation state etc was amusing...now quit while ahead as your last response is making you out to be a totally ignorant prat!
If you don't "give a toss", then why did you feel compelled to introduce "It's called that because the shower up North lay claim to the title Irish League" or "Meh. You'd still be calling your national team Ireland if you thought you could get away with it" or "Nation states take precedence over provinces as far as I'm concerned" into the discussion? :eek:Quote:
Originally Posted by Sheridan
Really? Care to explain the separate section dealing with the Irish League, or the threads covering e.g. the proposed new All-Ireland league, or Setanta Cup. Not to mention all the Derry City fans who post on this Board? :rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by Sheridan
I'm not in the least offended, even by someone who clearly considers that abject ignorance (or worse) is no bar to his spouting his opinions for all to hear. Amused perhaps.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sheridan
I was quite happy to go on merely browsing this thread out of general interest, until "someone" started taking it off-topic, to an area where I have a particular interest (and some small knowledge).Quote:
Originally Posted by Sheridan
"We don't care if we win lose or draw,
Damn the hair do we care..."
Fair enough, JL.Quote:
Originally Posted by jinxy lilywhite
In future, I shall try to restrict myself solely to correcting factual inaccuracies, without further comment.
After all, taking the p1ss out of Sheridan is too easy... ;)
6 Counties arguments has NOTHING to do with this topic. "Factual Inaccuracies" be damned. Yeesh.
Back on topic - if this proves to be true, it could be another great boon for the league. Though 5 quid says it still won't make the headlines.
Are you some deity that can predict what every one of the students will or wont do in their future lives...such arrogance! Im a realist and i as a product of the Irish education system recognises its failings, in particular the way in which it teaches languages. I also know that Irish has limited use and usage, doesnt mean that i would didmiss it and condemn it to be forgotten aspect of our unique national character(one of the better ones as opposed to things like anglophobia, obsession with our superhuman ablity to hold our drink, general xenophopia, selective hypocricsy ie anglophobes referring to english football teams as we, snide tendency to didmiss anything 'Nordie' etc)Quote:
Originally Posted by LeixlipRed
Apologies for bing off topic but people who present opinion as fact show limited capacity for constructive comment
Doesnt look like they will be the title sponsor. more like an associate sponsor
http://www.fai.ie/index.php?option=c...k=view&id=3498
Pity, just falls short of what could have been valuable and credible branding of the league
No its alright. All of us are entitled to our opinions and certainly entitled to defend ones comments and views.Quote:
Originally Posted by EalingGreen
No it doesn't but the potential of this could be good. People backing on everything thats Irish football in the summer could generate further interest from beyond our shores but people who like a flutter could actually attend games to see what teams are like and thus increase attendences. Highly naive and optimistic but you never know. I hope the FAI have done their maths on this and have got a good deal for Irish Football in general.Quote:
Originally Posted by Titan
Sorry but I have to laugh at the notion that dropping "of Ireland" somehow makes the product more marketable. It was the eL (no Ireland) for years & it did not make the slightest difference.
:rolleyes:
All the same, 1890 was a great year altogether on the, er, island.
Decent sponsor.
I'm glad the League of Ireland has gotten a high profile sponsor
to replace eircom.
eircom League - R.I.P.
It's not quite dead yet!Quote:
Originally Posted by Blueandproud
Eircom League >> Eire League.Quote:
Originally Posted by jinxy lilywhite
Not seeing a huge difference there!
Sheridan, your comments to Ealing Green were totally obnoxious and against the general good level of banter on this forum. You should have checked your info first for a start, everyone knows the IFA was the first association on this Island as at the time it repersented the whole Island as NI only became a (partially) legal entity in 1926.
The term Irish Lge admitably must be confusing to say people in england etc, but then again to them its all Ireland, not political just pure lack of interest on their part. Hence you will hear sky etc mixing up the FAI and IFA, quite common and hardly a big deal.
So put this to bed
Quick someone reclaim the title "Irish League" as I'm sure UTV advertised the fixtures as the JJB sports Premiership this evening ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Sheridan
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Originally Posted by Blueandproud
Is that an opinion or the mission statement of the Irish sports media?
Saw a report that Boyle Sports will be giving 1 million euro over 4 years. Is that a league prize pot of 250,000eur per year? Or is it allocated in different ways. Anyone heard anything on this?
new to forum
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I think its for round the pitch advertising? I thought it was 600K per year but could be wrong.
Fair play to Boylesports, hopefully Ladbrokes will now get behind the league.
Those other Irish independent bookies should be getting behind the league too.
I think that each club should have a betting partner anyway like whats done in England. See Crewe for example, their betting partner appears on their website etc: http://www.crewealex.premiumtv.co.uk/page/Home/
Its 1m over 4 years.
But the FAI are working hard to try and get other sponsors involved in different aspects of the league. So don't expect this to be the last sponsorship deal you will hear about.
Are people gonna start calling it the Boylesports League, BL or BSL or just go back to the real name League of Ireland or LOI.
Its not going to be for title sponsor of the league. The main part of the deal is to have boyles be "betting partner" of the FAI.
I wonder how the FAI will enforce this advertising board thing around the league. What rate do they pay? I'd imagine it costs more for an ad at Turners Cross than it does at Morton. What if clubs have already sold all available space for the season?
Oh and what ever happened EA Sports taking out boards at LOI games?
Fair play for the FAI simply not forgetting about the league. Thats certainly a step up....
I reckon Liga babyfood should sponsor the League of Ireland. you could incorporate the new sponsor in there too while making it sound a bit different. Liga of Ireland sounds good doesnt it? Foreign sounding and sexy!
Taken from what clubs received when it was announcedQuote:
Originally Posted by Dodge
"clubs will be commercially remunerated for at their existing rate card price"
Clubs will always find room for another sign.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dodge
Could this see the possibility of betting kiosk in grounds?
Cheers battery. I knew the second bit too, unfortunately.
Still have to wonder how it'll work with us though
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Originally Posted by Inside Man
Who is the main sponsor going to be so? Do ye know something we dont?Quote:
Originally Posted by Dodge
Was that meant to happen yeah? When was that?Quote:
Oh and what ever happened EA Sports taking out boards at LOI games?
Definitely, fair play to them. Cant wait to see who else is lined up.Quote:
Fair play for the FAI simply not forgetting about the league. Thats certainly a step up....
No, I just read the FAI release on this. If they were to be main League sponsor, I'm sure they'd have mentioned itQuote:
Originally Posted by A face
I wonder will the new sponsors be given the same amount of media attention as when 'eircom are pulling out/the sky is falling down' recently?
Some members of the media really nailed their colours to the mast on that one. They have a choice now, stay with their opinion now matter what happens now or how foolish and out of touch them might appear, or go with balanced unbiased accurate coverage of the new deals and what it means for the league.
I have only read it now to be honest. Its not exclusively the league but its good news. If they promote games in all their shops then its would be brilliant.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dodge
But is promoting them, just sticking up a LOI coupon? PP already do that...
i know boylesports aren't becoming the main sponsor but whoever does a good name would be the "xxx irish premier league/premiership"
eg: "boylesports irish premier league"
i know that the 6 county league is the "irish league" and we are the LoI but their newly branded league has dropped irish league and is now (afaik) the JJB Premiership. the whole structure would still be the LoI but the top division would be rebranded. Just a thought.
The name "Irish League" legally and effectively belongs the IFA and if anyone else tried to appropriate it, the IFA would unquestionably sue for theft of copyright etc.Quote:
Originally Posted by galwayhoop
The fact that the IFA chooses to call its competitions different names, in order to recognise sponsors etc, is entirely coincidental - as afficionadoes of e.g. The Pat Grace Famous Fried Chicken League(:eek:) will aver...
P.S. You can keep the "six counties" name for yourself, if you like :rolleyes:
In England they don't the Premier League the English Premiership
In Scotland the don't call it the Scottish Premiership.
Its simply the premiership because in their eyes there is no other league.
Even the Norths JJB Premiership sounds better than the Eircom league of Ireland Premier League.
What I am trying to say is that you should only really allow those outside the country attach the nationality of the league.
Nope, they call it the SPLQuote:
Originally Posted by jinxy lilywhite
Seriously jinxy, there's wwrse problems with the marketing of the league. As pete said it was the (Insert sponsor here) League for decades...
There's a good old fashioned greasy chipper in Wexford town called 'The Premier' someone from the FAI should give them a call then we could have 'The Premier League'. Now where have I heard that before...
Did I say to call it the irish League??? Or did I say to rebrand competitions different names, in order to recognise sponsors etc, as in "The Boylesports Irish Premier League". There is no conflict there as the BIPL or BSIPL would just be a seperately named competition within the LoI. There would be no conflict with the Irish League of which the JJB Premiership is a part of.Quote:
Originally Posted by EalingGreen
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Originally Posted by galwayhoop
Read this:
"The IFA Premiership - formerly the Irish Premier League and before that the Irish Football League - and still known in popular parlance simply as the Irish League, is the national football league in Northern Ireland, and has historically been the league for the whole of Ireland. It should not be confused with the FAI League of Ireland, which is the league for the Republic of Ireland. At the end of the season, the champion club is presented with the Gibson Cup.
The Premiership is sponsored by JJB Sports and is marketed as the JJB Sports Premiership."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_League
Now run along and think of another name....:rolleyes:
Boylesports Super League ;)