Well it's fairly straightforward. One of the guys that did the camerawork with the tv team is now living and working in Galway so it means that there is now only one of them and nobody has come forward to volunteer to help out. Those that do only stay around for a short time mostly, because it is all genuinely voluntary and they don't seem to have the enthusiasm to stay and help. They are doing their best, but under pressure because of numbers. They had hoped to start this years coverage on Friday evening, but there wasn't infrastructure to allow it. He explained all that they needed and I'm not getting into all that, because I'm not sure I understood properly. He said he's really busy with his own work too and means he can't commit as much time either as he was, but does as much as he can.
They're hoping that this weekend they're gonna start the live coverage again depending on getting things in place. Himself and bainisteoir from the old forum do most of the work around these and all the live stuff that LATV does, but they need help.
As for the van, the big one they had was sponsored and that sponsorship ended, so he got one of his own so he could carry on doing the county work which he already did, like recording games for senior football, minor and U20s and the hurlers and all that when possible plus al the other stuff they do.
County board make no decisions on what they cover and it's left entirely to them to try and do what they can. I said there were a few that were disappointed at there not being as much seemingly happening and he agreed that it might be annoying or seem that it's that way, but they just don't have the manpower and try and select quality over quantity and he pointed out the number of games they did last year which made a lot of money for the county - there was a lot if you search. They're determined to continue and make it bigger and better but need help and asked if I knew anyone. I don't, but if anyone does, PM me and I'll put you in touch - it seems they need camera owner/operators and people who know about setting up the technical bits for video work. Think that means cables and stuff!
