Former Kilkenny star Jackie Tyrrell paints a frustrated figure as he tries to make sense of the hurling quarter-finals that are being squeezed into the TV schedule this weekend.
Along with The Tailteann Cup semi-finals, the football preliminary quarter-finals and the Euro 2024 Championship, this weekend almost has too much sport to follow for Irish viewers.
Throw in the fact that Wexford are hosting the Féile na nGael on the same day that the county is playing Clare in the quarter-finals, and the congestion of sporting spectacles on Saturday alone reaches claustrophobic levels.
For all of these reasons and more, it was suggested that The Tailteann Cup games that were scheduled to be played on Sunday should be swapped with the hurling that was scheduled for Saturday, however the motion didn't gain enough support when voted on.
The vote to flip the matches with the Tailteann Cup games narrowly failed to reach to the required 60% support, and the original schedule will go ahead as planned, something which frustrated Tyrrell, who then vented his thoughts on The RTÉ GAA Podcast.
Pundits, county boards, players, broadcasters - we all frame ourselves as hurling people and hurling is our national game, but that to me, is lip service," claimed Tyrrell.
"The real crux of it, what really, really hurts, from a Wexford point of view in particular and the Féile na nGael - what we are actually saying is, to the people of Wexford, who give up their time, volunteer, and help with their clubs, is that 'you're doing all this great work, but we're actually going to penalise you.'
"You can't go to the game on Saturday, which is a huge game, an All-Ireland quarter-final for Wexford, because you are caught up in Féile.
"That is wrong on so many levels."
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As it stands Dublin will play Cork at 1.15pm on Saturday which will be aired live on RTÉ One and that will be followed by Clare vs Wexford on the same channel at 3.15pm.
GAAGO will be airing Galway's football preliminary quarter final against Monaghan at 4pm, with Tyrone and Roscommon on the same channel at 5pm.
They then finish the evening with a mouthwatering tie between Derry and Mayo at 6.30pm, so that's five GAA championship knockout games all squeezed into the one day, with The Tailteann Cup semi-finals and Louth's clash against Cork scheduled for Sunday.
