Nobody’s griping about football now, nor its subscription channel coverage

We’re all paying for Eir, because our national broadcaster didn’t have the foresight or desire to recognise and harness the obvious potential of the National League, writes Mike Quirke.

There’s an odd phenomenon that attaches itself to the football side of the GAA world for this period of the season, but it only tends to linger for a couple of months. Suddenly, it vanishes again back from whence it came, and the negativity comes flooding back.

How many times have you heard commentators complain about the quality of Gaelic football in the past two weeks? That the game is dead or at the very least dying. Who have you heard tell us that football is no longer attractive, and supporters just don’t want to know about it anymore? Anyone?