Some comment under the Europe thread but it is as much a League/Cup issue. For me there are legitimate points made by McBennett but the defensive nature of his interview undermined a lot of what he said. He may have been responding to the way Ward approached things, he should be capable of rising above antagonism, keeping it cool and make his point calmly. I do think he has an unintentional bias against LoI which is not a surprise and would be pretty normal when someone has a preference for a sport especially with the baggage of GAA. It was no different when it were Rugby people over RTE Sport like Ryle Nugent. If Im honest as a LoI fan and if I had influence over RTE Sport I would push for LoI coverage that isnt easily justifiable any more than AIL rugby.
The use of LoItv was poor, as simply the quality of the coverage was disappointing but in comparison to what clubs were capable of themselves. It is a service broadcaster so no product can be judged in its infancy. As diehard LoI fan I found LoI TV tough to watch but not because of a single camera, it was due to lack of other simple and inexpensive production add ons.
Not to focus on streaming but it is a thundering disgrace that people were were not only not signing up to watch games during lockdown, it was the number of people looking for free dodgy streams that are LoI fans that rankled me. Itc couldnt have bee an issue with cost imo. The bs on Monaghan United and nobody supporting them due to lads from Dublin being the mainstay of the sides was all cliched, worn out, typical GAA like analysis of why a club wasnt followed tbh. There is an institutional issue with RTE that goes way beyond sports coverage - I have one friend who at interview was told that they were not qualified for a job with RTE and their university qualifications from the UK would not be recognised. The same person already had a job with HBO on a certain epic fantasy show filmed in NI and has since moved on to even bigger productions. Not good enough for RTE though or that they were not connected to the crony organisation. Like many state bodies it needs a good shake up!
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