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News for Slovaks and Slovenes

 

Discovery sub licenses to RTV and RTVS

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More Discovery sub-licensing, this time in Belarus.

 

It's gone to Belteleradio.

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CIPS is trying to get fishing on the Olympic programme 

 

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-37638878

[hckošice 15,522]

3 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

CIPS is trying to get fishing on the Olympic programme 

 

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-37638878

 

oh, that would be absolutely awesome ...where can I sign ?

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Fair play to them. But, I'm still waiting for the GAA to get gaelic football back onto the programme.

[OlympicIRL 5,660]

15 minutes ago, Mkbw50 said:

Fair play to them. But, I'm still waiting for the GAA to get gaelic football back onto the programme.

 

Haha, and what about hurling / camogie and handball? (by the way, we call the internationally known handball "Olympic Handball" )

 

 

Edited October 16, 2016 by OlympicIRL

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Yeah. But GAA Handball is on a bit of a downer at the moment. It's certainly not as big as it once was.

I mean, the GAA has got their finger out of their ass slightly when promoting it worldwide, instead of just Ireland and a small corner of the UK. Four of the lads on the London GAA team were actually born in London. Progress! Also there's the GAA World Games every year now, which first took place in 2015 in Abu Dhabi, but this year it was actually in Croker. Gaelic football has grown a bit in France too, and is not governed by the GAA, but a local organisation. Dropping those 'foreign games' and 'British soldiers' rules helped too.

[OlympicIRL 5,660]

1 hour ago, Mkbw50 said:

Yeah. But GAA Handball is on a bit of a downer at the moment. It's certainly not as big as it once was.

I mean, the GAA has got their finger out of their ass slightly when promoting it worldwide, instead of just Ireland and a small corner of the UK. Four of the lads on the London GAA team were actually born in London. Progress! Also there's the GAA World Games every year now, which first took place in 2015 in Abu Dhabi, but this year it was actually in Croker. Gaelic football has grown a bit in France too, and is not governed by the GAA, but a local organisation. Dropping those 'foreign games' and 'British soldiers' rules helped too.

 

The GAA aren't great at embracing change, let's face it. Year after year we have the same unfair Championship structure based on provincial competitions when there is now huge appetite for a more open draw system. And don't get me started on the black card 

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Here's a thought... pay the players.
Why not?

[OlympicIRL 5,660]

1 hour ago, Mkbw50 said:

Here's a thought... pay the players.
Why not?

 

They should be paid. But to answer the question why not, the same answer applies... the GAA doesn't embrace change.

Edited October 17, 2016 by OlympicIRL