Sporting bodies should fear getting it all their own way

The allure of media productions controlled by the sports association is both obvious and understandable. And yet the downsides are significant, also, writes Paul Rouse

The tensions that are now readily apparent between the major sporting organisations in Ireland and media outlets are not new ones.

The decision of team managers to decline to speak to the media — or to particular parts of the media — as, say, Mickey Harte and Jim Gavin and Joe Schmidt and Jimmy McGuinness have done in recent times is no recent phenomenon.