THE price of tickets is one of the reasons being mooted for the low attendance at Sunday's All-Ireland semi-final between Tyrone and Kerry at Croke Park.
Just 33,848 spectators occupied the GAA's 82,000 capacity ground - the lowest semi-final attendance since 1996 - to watch Tyrone lose by a goal.
Four years ago an encounter between the same teams at the same stage of the competition attracted around 52,000 fans.
Tickets into the game in Dublin cost E50 for adults and E5 for under-16s.
However, other factors including more matches and the dominance of Dublin are also being cited as reasons for the low turnout.
Mark Conway, a volunteer with Tyrone GAA, who travels to all the county's matches, said more than 33,000 people was still a "huge crowd in its own right".
But he said the cost of €50 per ticket was "pricing some people out".
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He also pointed out that the game was the Tyrone senior team's 10th championship match this summer and their 22nd game overall since January.
"Of those 10 matches, Tyrone only played two at home so if you to take into account the cost of travel as well, it's understandable," he said.
"The reality of the situation is that supporters can't go to all the matches so they are picking their games.
"The situation is not sustainable because of the exorbitant prices and I think we will see more of it."
He added: "Another cloud is the big advantage that Dublin have over everyone else, having 1.4 million people to pick one team out of. I think people are getting fed up with that.
"But I thoroughly enjoyed the day and I think Tyrone probably accounted for the majority of the people at the game."
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Down and former Australian rules player Martin Clarke, in an opinion piece for the BBC, said there were probably a number of reasons for the low attendance.
He wrote: "I ... believe that the style of football being played puts some people off, with many believing that there is not enough attacking play and that Dublin are just far too good.
"One thing they can do is bring the prices down. The price to see my matches in Australia was not much more than £10 and that was a major factor in the crowds being so good."
Meanwhile, in a tweet, Brian Graham of Sean Graham bookmakers said horse racing is facing the same problems. He wrote: "Cost of entry is a severe deterrent and both HRI and GAA need to realise this."
However, Alan Milton, director of communications at the GAA, said the combined number at this year's two semi-final games was 115,000, up on last year's figure of 104,000.
Saturday's semi-final featuring Dublin and Mayo was sold out, with Mr Milton saying a large number of "neutrals" had attended Saturday's match rather than the Sunday game.
He said: "We are also two years into a three-year experiment with the 'Super 8s' which has meant there are more games for people to go to and has also had an impact on the timing. A lot of people are on holiday in August.
"We will be having a review at the end of the three-year period."
Mr Milton also defended the ticket pricing saying that tickets cost just E5 for children and that club and group passes were also available.
