‘Criminal’ to make all games free to air, says John Hynes

Galway GAA secretary John Hynes believes it would be “criminal” for all televised inter-county games to be made available free to air.

Galway chiefs are seeking clarification on the St Joseph’s O’Connell Boys motion, to be debated at Congress this weekend, which is calling for an end to the broadcasting of GAA games on subscription TV stations.

At a meeting of the Galway County Board on Monday night, club delegates questioned the wording of the motion, which, if passed, would enact a new rule whereby “all televised inter-county championship games shall be available on free to air TV”.