Hardly a ‘dismal science’ making sense of sport

HARD TO imagine, but we met someone during the week who actually spoke some sense about the free-to-air debate.

In the leafy surrounds of Cork’s Fitzgerald’s Park, we had coffee with UCC economics lecturer John Considine.

“The TV without frontiers directive goes across Europe, but what you list depends on your country. France lists the Heineken Cup – but only if a French team is in it. We could do that.