Cork Vs Derry and Dublin Vs Mayo will make up a double bill at Croke Park on Sunday in the All Ireland Football Championship Quarter Finals, with both games being shown live on RTÉ.

24 hours earlier Kerry will play Tyrone and Armagh will take on Monaghan, with both of those games being shown on GAAGo.

There will inevitably be rumblings of discontent about the fact that these two games are not being shown free to air but that has been the case throughout the last ten years since Sky won the right to broadcast games starting in 2014.

Adult tickets for each of the two days will cost €30 for Hill 16 and the Nally Stand, €40 for sets in the Hogan, Cusack or Davin Stands. Kids up to the age of 16 will cost only €5 and there are discounts available for OAP’s and Students.

Watching the Saturday matches at home on GAA Go, would have cost €50 if signing up for the entire season as a GAA member before the start of the campaign. Single Game Passes will be available to buy on Saturday for €12.

GAA Clubs have had the ability to buy a club pass for €150 and pubs or other commercial venues to do the same for €300.

The cost of watching the games on RTÉ comes in at €160, the cost of a TV licence.

Life is all about choices and the way of the world in a modern streaming environment is that all the games are visible to those who choose to attend and now for those who prefer to watch from home.

Calls that they should all be on free to air can be filed alongside those calling for free public transport, free hospital visits, free weekly shopping, and free weekends away for everyone in the country.

Everything we choose to do has a value and try living in another European country and try to get anywhere near the same level of free to air coverage we enjoy here and a number of coughs would be softened.

Each of the four games will have a genuine degree of jeopardy about them. Boylesports are quoting odds of 7/4, 2/1, 9/4 and 11/4 about each of the outsiders, a lot shorter than would be the case in many GAA matches. Dublin were 6/1 to beat Clare in the Hurling Quarter final on Sunday as an example.

The Championship has burst into life with three of the four games over the weekend being decided by a single point.

The anticipation for next weekend is approaching boiling point.