Hysteria surrounds Championship plan

Recently, I was listening when the usual ‘it’s a disgrace’ brigade on the Joe Duffy’s Liveline show bemoaned the sale of 20 GAA games to Sky Sports for this year’s Championship.

Since the announcement was made there has been a general hysteria surrounding this issue because Irish people will have to pay for an expensive Sky package to watch a handful of games.

There seemed to be a cry that the GAA had somehow reduced us all to an inevitable trip to the pub of a Saturday evening or Sunday afternoon to watch our counties. Nonsense!