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I honestly believe there is a general snobbery amongst the Irish press towards the LOI and the coverage our league gets reflects this.[/QUOTE]
Very true. What's so frustrating is that it wasn't always this way. Once upon a time columnists like Con Houlihan would write as much about the league as he did about the national side. Newspapers would give as much (if not more) space to domestic football as the English game. The League was part of the general mozaic of Irish sport - like horse racing; the GAA etc. The LOI has been completely squeezed out over the last fifteen years or so. It's such a shame. People now only want things that are glossy and glitzy. Maybe something to do with the overall dumbing down of newspapers (and, I suppose, society in general)????
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