Conor McKeown
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And there's a bit of a...
a grassroots backlash of people, you know, just choosing or being left with no choice to go to, say, their local club in the AIL, the League of Ireland, to watch their local GAA club because it's far more accessible.
But it's only in small numbers.
Most people will end up watching this on TV and paying Sky Sports the money or watching it on a dodgy box because they can't afford Sky Sports.
And it's...
Because you're asked, there's a contract there.
And that contract becomes broken the more you ask of the fan.
It probably does apply to music in a different way, although I haven't thought about it.
But I think you're seeing it in the Premier League.
Look at the age of the people in the crowd.
It's an older and older crowd because you're basically pricing out the locals.
They're relying on...
the experiential fans, the people who are coming on kind of trips to watch this greatest league in the world, rather than the people who, you know, would have traditionally gone to the games.
So, look, you're right.
I completely accept that it's the way of the world and it's the way, but I don't think it doesn't make it.
It doesn't sit well with me and I don't feel good.
There's got to be a marketing value of some point to broadcasting Croke Park and scenes from Ireland into every home in America on a Sunday.
And also for four or five days around this.
I do think there is some value in it, but I'm not...
Did he have a phone up at any stage?