Dear To whom it may concern,
It has come to my attention, yet again, that there is no report on the blow link for the biggest game in the Airtricity First Division, Waterford United Vs. Derry City, yet you still managed to cover Shelbourne 3-0 Salthill Devon, Mervue United 0-1 Wexford Youths, Monaghan United 0-1 Finn Harps. Shelbourne I can slightly understand given RTE's continuing unwavering support to all things Dublin, but I simply cannot understand why you have left out the game in the RSC. AND, I do believe there wasn't any report last week either on Cork FORAS vs. Waterford United.
What's going on, why are Waterford United persistently being ignored by RTE, not that we're used to it, but I thought you'd be taking special interest in Cork and Derry, seeing as you were only too happy to report on the problems they were having before the season started, so I have to believe the problem is not with them, but with Waterford United!!!
http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/ireland_index.html
Yours, not expecting a reply,
RD
What about the 3 other reports, hardly top flight teams focused on there, and it wasn't that long ago you were there. Premier Division football is nothing but a Dublin borefest this year, how's Sligo's travelling expenses holding out, btw, or are they reinvesting in ground staff "organisation" you have there!?!?!?!
It's up to First Division teams to send in their own match reports and updates to Áertel. If you volunteer, they'll be more than happy to accept your contribution.
Really? Find it hard to believe that neither Cork or Derry didn't bother sending anything in. As I said, this league is between Us, Derry, Shels and possibly Cork, our 2 games, as well as Derry vs. Cork were the biggest, no mention!
I rang in the scores, updates for the Shels Vs Salthill game to RTE /Aertel.
I also sent them a 90 word (circa) match report.
If you're not in - you can't win.
Unfortunately that's the system.
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Atleast now we've an excuse if we bottle it at the end of the season ha
Notice the way I said "THIS YEAR"
Naaah,i'd say ye have it won at this stage!
The phrases "wasting your time" and "****ing against the wind" spring to mind.
Indeed, but baby steps and all that!
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Every club in the top 2 divisions, should be entitled to a game report and goals shown on the lazy farce that is MNS. RTE go out of their way to tell us the result and show the points scored in some obscure U-21 Paddy McGinty C Reserve Division Shield game between Boghockey Rangers and Lash Out Athletic in a mudpatch in Carlow Town on a wet Sunday on their amateur sport coverage, so it shouldn't be too hard to cover 11 professional games during the weekend in our sport.
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We, extratime.ie, always have reports on First Division games if that helps at all.
For all your League of Ireland news - www.extratime.ie
Having been at the match at the RSC, I'd argue neither side should be going out of its way to publicize it. Aside from the first 15mins the quality of football was atrocious. The awful weather destroyed the pitch and killed the match as a spectacle.
That's your point of view mate, anyway, here's the reply.
R,
all of the first division games you listed were covered because we received reports from the respective clubs' press officers or freelance reporters. Limited resources mean that we have to rely on whatver copy we receive from the games. As such, when we do not receive copy from the match in question, we cannot publish a match report. As it happens, we did receive a report on the Waterford United match late last night which we will now publish. Hopefully this source can provide timely match reports for Waterford United home games in future.
Notice the absence of regards, sincerely, etc, how rude!
Equally polite as yours then.
So they're "relying" on bias, or amateurs/fans for their LOI reports.
RTE are apparantly the national broadcaster, not the local rag.
BBC by contrast, show every goal from every game of the top 4 divisions in England on Saturday nights. They're the national broadcaster, with limited resources, and not exactly flush with cash as well.
But THAT'S professional coverage of a professional league.
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NL Premier Division Champions 2011
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I also note the lack of gratitude on your behalf for a reply you didn't think you'd get
Are you for real? BBC's TV sport budget is bout 10 times the budget for the entire RTE. Ridiculous comparing the two
I'll ay it for the umpteenth time. RTE were corced to show the league, they have limited resources, and its far better to have every premier game covered than anything else. They've shown in the past that they're willing to cover nig news in the first, but its not a priotity, because, frankly, its the second tier of LOI football.
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League 2 attendances are higher than in the LOI, so the games are of more interest, and are usually filmed by local news/television. The BBC doesn't actually send people around to every game of its own volition, but I'm sure if local stations in Cork and Waterford could provide good footage MNS would broadcast it.
In my opinion, we are on the right track, but we are not there yet.
As alot of people on here know, I am a Waterford United fan. I think M,N,S, is a great programme that
promotes the Airtricity Premier Division, but the Airtricity League does not end at the Premier Division. I have no idea of budgets, but I do know that when Eircom League Weekly was aired on T.V.3. a few years ago, they would often show a First Division game. Also, Ireland's 5 major cities are represented in the First Division this year. That's alot of people who may not watch M.N.S. because their team is not featured. I can only speculate about this. In my opinion, if M.N.S. were to show at leat one First Division game a week, their viewing figures may slightly increse.
It's just my opinion.
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