Sport on television - If it’s not broken don’t fix it

MINISTER Eamon Ryan cannot have been the only one surprised by the passions stirred by his suggestion that Six Nations and Heineken Cup rugby might be designated free-to-air events for television.

Just as our more pessimistic commentators warn that the lights could go out at any moment, one of the most aggressive reactions to any Government proposal was one about sport on television.

This says more about us than is comforting.