The use of GAAGO continues to be a contention issue for many in GAA circles, with quite a few believing that supporters are being exploited by the use of a subscription service to show a considerable bulk of championship fixtures each summer.
The online service stepped in to fill the position vacated by Sky Sports in recent years, with viewers having the option to buy annual subscriptions or purchase games on an individual basis.
While it does allow more games to broadcast, some have have questioned the way in which it has been used over the last couple of seasons. The decision to put a large number of high profile hurling games, in particular, has led some to suggest that the use of GAAGO needs to be changed moving forward.
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GAA: Donal Óg Cusack takes shot at Tailteann Cup during GAAGO rant
Donal Óg Cusack has consistently suggested that hurling has not been promoted enough by the GAA brass, believing that the sport should receive far more coverage among broadcasters.
Speaking on RTÉ's Morning Ireland, he launched his latest tirade on the coverage of hurling. On this occasion, he questioned why the Tailteann Cup was being given more air time than the lower tier small ball competitions, as well as Gaelic football's apparent status as the first priority within the GAA.
[None of] the Joe McDonagh or Christy Ring Cup matches are amongst the 38 championship games being shown on GAAGO this summer.
No less than seven Tailteann Cup games will be featured. Why? Because football is more important? Who knows.
The senior hurling championship involves 34 matches, the football championship is 64 matches. For some reason, those 34 hurling games have to be squeezed into the cracks between the football schedule.
The All-Ireland hurling final has to be done and dusted before the football showpiece. Why?..
It is commonly acknowledged that hurling needs oxygen. This weekend the people charged with promoting the game have given up that opportunity in order to sell subscriptions for a commercial entity. A commercial entity that does hurling in Ireland very little service.
With this evidence of a glaring leadership vacuum and the sport's visibility at stake, Hurling Nation asks where does the government of Ireland stand when it comes to supporting not just the sport but a cultural cornerstone?
This is not the first time that the Cork man has taken a shot at the Tailteann Cup. Last summer he would question the competition's prominence in the GAA calendar, labelling it as 'a sort of Gaelic football Grand National for disappointed also-rans'.
While Donal Óg Cusack is certainly one of the more hardline critics of GAAGO, this sentiment is one that quite a few within the GAA share at the moment.
As to whether Gaelic football is given huge priority over hurling, that matter is certainly very much up for debate.
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