May 04, 2003
Road to Damascus
It was only a matter of time ......
This morning, on Radio 1's Sunday Show, Eamonn Dunphy complained that there was too much coverage of Engish football on Irish television and that there was a danger that it might damage Irish culture. Eamonn came to this conclusion sitting in a pub yesterday watching football - he wasn't aware that there were people in the country doing something else. Eamonn's real gripe seems to be that he hasn't got any work from Sky Sport (the Death Star of football coverage), which is maybe not so surprising considering the number of gobshites that they already employ.
This is the same Eamonn Dunphy that makes a healthy living commenting on the Premiership for newspapers, radio and television as well as writing three football books.
If he wanted to reduce the saturation coverage, he could just shut up. Not much chance of that.