The problem with viewing a streaming service as an antidote to the League of Ireland’s pandemic problems is that the concept effectively tackles the main attraction of the game here. There were positive anecdotal examples around the rest of the country too, with the 2019 rise to an average Premier Division attendance of 2,159 a small step in the right direction. And it was known the really big LOI games were going to be on regular TV anyway. – but even the Bundesliga novelty interest faded once the staple diets of the armchair viewer were back with Premier League on the box every day of the week. The onus is still on the authorities and/or the national broadcaster to find some kind of public service solution for 2021.

Source: Irish Independent February 09, 2021 02:34 UTC