“It’s a sign of the times that so many people are returning to college or eyeing up different career options and two well-known and established inter-county players that we can soon expect to see in Fitzgibbon and Sigerson Cup action are Tipperary hurler Paul Kelly and Kerry footballer Paul Galvin …” (more)
[Independent, 23 January]
“Technology developed by Irish universities is changing the way that major sports events are filmed and helping to deliver detailed performance information to athletes. ESPN, the sports broadcaster owned by the Walt Disney Company, is working with Irish researchers on ‘sensor web technologies’, to develop cameras that can automatically respond to the movements of sports people. ESPN plans to use the technology to automate the recording of sports events with high-tech cameras that respond in the same way as a human director …” (more)
[Nicola Cooke, Sunday Business Post, 18 October]
“The former Harvard University President, Derek Bok, commented in his book Universities in the Marketplace that the creeping commercialisation of higher education that he so disliked began with the development of sports in universities. As is well known, in the United States many universities give special prominence to athletes and sportsmen and women, and some of them are able to enter their chosen institution without necessarily having the required academic qualifications. Organisations such as the University Sports Program exist to help athletes find an institution that best suits their sporting abilities and interests. Universities in Ireland (and Britain) have now also begun to take a much greater interest in sport …” (more)
[Ferdinand von Prondzynski, University Blog, 9 November]
Ninth Level Ireland 