Mr. Tom Ryan:

They are overtly not commercial. The contracts are signed at the start of the year. Irrespective of whether county A is playing county B or county X is playing county Y, the GAA earns the same income. We have an obligation to show matches from a wide distribution of counties and codes. There would have been some discussion about a particular provincial competition that is very vibrant and fantastic. We know we have a responsibility to show as many games from this as we can but we also have a responsibility to show, for example, provincial finals in other provinces, which finals would be on at exactly the same time as matches in the province in question. We try to distribute with a view to being fair to all counties and both codes, and with a view to the importance of the games. In hindsight, maybe we might have looked at things a little differently. One of the great things that GAAGO gives us is a role in this regard. In previous years, we had no real hand, act nor part in how the process worked, but now we have. Therefore, if there are things we need to tweak a little, including on the basis of the members’ feedback today, we have the scope to do so.