QuoteI never said anything about adopting the GAA model anyway. What I meant was to try and get supporters thinking the same way from a passion perspective and try and develop more die-hard support.
Wrong on both counts.Originally Posted by BYCTWD
Revenue was down this summer, attendances weren't.
I never said anything about adopting the GAA model anyway. What I meant was to try and get supporters thinking the same way from a passion perspective and try and develop more die-hard support.
Hi all,
Long time lurker first time poster. finding hard to keep up with the league now that i'm living in england.
I think the biggest problem are the bar stool brigade will never go to games because they are too busy supporting English clubs. No matter how much money the fai put into advertising I think the mainstream "west of england" media at home will still have no interest in covering our league. The indo recently did a "irish" football calendar for 2010 - this consisted of the EPL, FA cup and european fixtures. No mention of when the league was even starting. Sure why would anyone care when you cant sit and watch it in superduper Hi-def fat **** 3d on sky sports.
Alot of small countries have major leagues next door but continue to bring in decent crowds, keep good players at home, have decent stadia and compete in Europe. Austria, Switzerland, Belgium to name just a few. In each the community role of clubs is pushed, as is interaction with local government, long term planning and decent facilities. Clubs become attractive for investment because they are useful for a) business and b) politics. Apart from Rovers, what other club would be attractive for politicians (leave off on SF) in Ireland? Not many. In Ireland we are more British than the British themselves and in thrall to their achievements, this won't change with our eastern facing media who ape everything that is bad in the media there. The yoke of colonialism is only a partial excuse, the league and clubs have to accept at least 50% of the blame, and the FAI 20%.
Say it aint so,joeI work in advertising and therefore are probably more aware of where adverts are placed than others might be. I find it quite ironic that this site now boasts a rather large noticeable advert from Allianz advertsising its forthcoming sponsorship of its league campaigns. I wonder if the FAI were approached to do something similar for the league? And if so, what its response was.
This is in no way a criticism of the site for getting advertising revenue from the GAA, I applaud it. But surely this sends a message to the LOI and surely tells them that they need to be more proactive, especially now in times of dwindling attendances.
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