Man U vs "World XI" non competitive game

**OwlsFan** · 13/03/2007, 2:18 PM

What in the name of all that is holy in sport are RTE doing showing this non-event live on national TV

**Neish** · 13/03/2007, 2:44 PM

Originally Posted by OwlsFan

What in the name of all that is holy in sport are RTE doing showing this non-event live on national TV

Simple lots of Man U fans in ireland= they get lots of viewers

**Jerry The Saint** · 13/03/2007, 2:46 PM

Originally Posted by OwlsFan

What in the name of all that is holy in sport are RTE doing showing this non-event live on national TV

European Soccer Live, RT� Two, 7.30pm
Ray Houghton joins Peter Collins for live coverage of Manchester United against a European Union XI to be coached by Italian World Cup winner Marcello Lippi, at Old Trafford with commentary by Jimmy Magee and Trevor Steven. Ronaldinho, David Beckham, Steven Gerrard and other stars are set to play for Marcello's Europe XI in a match to coinciding with the 50th anniversary of Manchester Utd's participation as the first English team to play UEFA's European club competition. The game will also commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Treaty of Rome that marked the creation of the European Union.

That's just weird

I presume that there's no fee involved in covering games such as these. Interesting to see if it gets more viewers than Cork vs. Galway on Friday.

I see that RTE aren't even showing highlights of Ireland playing in the World Cup of, arguably, the 2nd most popular sport in the world (although credit where it's due - fair play to them for putting up a website for the tournament).

**razor** · 14/03/2007, 8:26 AM

An absolute disgrace, what a waste of my licence money.

**NeilMcD** · 14/03/2007, 1:46 PM

Well the game was for charity so maybe any fee they pay goes to a charity.

**NeilMcD** · 14/03/2007, 1:47 PM

Originally Posted by Jerry The Saint

That's just weird

I presume that there's no fee involved in covering games such as these. Interesting to see if it gets more viewers than Cork vs. Galway on Friday.

I see that RTE aren't even showing highlights of Ireland playing in the World Cup of, arguably, the 2nd most popular sport in the world (although credit where it's due - fair play to them for putting up a website for the tournament).

Maybe Sky have the rights and the highlights package was not an option or they were priced out of the market.

**pete** · 15/03/2007, 2:53 PM

Originally Posted by Neish

Simple lots of Man U fans in ireland= they get lots of viewers

Would even Manchester United fans watch that drivel?

FFS I switched over at half time & RTE had Ray Houghton analysing the game.

**drinkfeckarse** · 15/03/2007, 3:01 PM

A work colleague mentioned to me the other morning about it and I hadn't a clue what he was on about. Can't believe someone actually screened it. Total waste.