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Galway Football thread - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Dmoa95: "Going of the team that started against Dublin its actually 28.6 years, with two players u26.
In comparison, 11 of Mayo's starting 15 in the All‑Ireland final were under 26. Galway have plenty of young talent as well it's up to management now to back more of them and use the older lads as impact players. No point playing all these young lads in the league only to go back to the tried and tested come championship.
Open to correction but these are ages i could get from google:
C. Gleeson - 32
L. Silke - 31
J. Glynn - 25
C. Hernon - 24
D. McHugh - 29
J. Daly - 28
K. Molloy - 30
P. Conroy - 37
J. Maher - 27
C. D'Arcy - 27
F. Ó Laoi - 28
C. McDaid - 29
R. Finnerty - 28
M. Tierney - 26
S. Walsh - 33" There's no doubt 2024 wound up being a huge opportunity for that group, but it didn't happen. More likely than not at this stage imo, that the 29+ aged lads on that Galway panel will not get the opportunity to contest another final.
Pope_Benedict (National) - 16/08/2026 11:18:13
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The GAA - Financial And Marketing - 1 Like(s)
Replying To Kew: "**Here's the most recent available breakdown of GAA / Croke Park finances** (primarily from the 2025 Annual Report figures released in February 2026, with some 2024 context for comparison). These align with the "83% redistributed" claim made by Croke Park Stadium Director Peter McKenna.
### Overall GAA Figures (2025)
| Item | Amount | Notes |
|------|--------|-------|
| **Total consolidated revenue** | **€142 million** | Up ~7% / €9m from 2024's €132-133m |
| **Consolidated surplus** | **€3.7 million** | Down from €6.3m in 2024 (described as forecast/managed) |
| **Redistribution rate** | **83 cent of every euro** | Reinvested into the Association (clubs, schools, counties, provinces) |
**Key revenue drivers (2025):**
- Gate receipts: **€45.7 million** (up €6.6m / +17% on 2024)
- Croke Park suite/premium/catering: **€44 million** (up €5m)
- Croke Park total revenue: **€50.5 million** (up 10%)
- Distribution from Croke Park to the GAA: **€13.5 million** (down from €16m in 2024, partly because 2024 had more concerts)
### Where the Money Goes (2025 Redistribution Highlights)
Reported reinvestments include:
- **€28 million** - Games development and player welfare
- **€19.9 million** - Team grants and distributions to counties/players
- **€18.2 million** - Match-day and competition costs
- **€15.2 million** - Coaching and games development
- **€9.4 million** - Player welfare (overlaps with the broader development figure)
- **€6.1 million** - County grounds redevelopment grants
- **~€5 million** - Club facility improvements (pitches, clubhouses, etc.)
Combined Association surplus (including other elements) was reported at around **€9.9 million**.
### Croke Park Stadium Specifics
Croke Park is the main commercial engine. In 2024 it had a particularly strong year:
- Revenue: nearly **€60 million** (€59.7m)
- After costs: roughly **€41.4 million** generated
- Dividend paid to the GAA: **€16 million**
- Cumulative distributions to the GAA since 2006: over **€165 million**
In 2025 the stadium still performed well (€50.5m revenue) but the dividend dropped slightly to €13.5m.
### 2024 Context (for comparison)
- Total revenue: **€132-133 million**
- Surplus: **€6.3 million**
- Redistribution rate: **82%**
- Croke Park contributed the largest share of the surplus (€4.6m retained within the stadium group after the €16m distribution)
- Major spends included stadium upgrades (e.g. Cusack Stand refurbishment ~€13m+)
**Bottom line:** The GAA operates on a model where the large majority of income (currently stated at 83%) is redistributed to grassroots, counties, coaching, player welfare, and facilities rather than retained as pure profit. Croke Park's commercial activity (concerts, rugby, other events, and now potential soccer friendlies) is the key driver that funds much of that redistribution. Exact individual executive salaries ("the suits") are not broken out in the public annual reports." Croke Park keen to make Premier league Pre Season Friendlies an annual event.
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supersub15 (National) - 16/08/2026 12:18:38
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GAATV - 1 Like(s)
€13.3m is the total media-rights revenue reported by the GAA for 2024, not €13.3m from one broadcaster. The GAA's accounts explicitly say "Media revenues at €13.3m".
But there is an important distinction: the GAA does not publicly break that €13.3m down into an exact RTÉ €X / TG4 €X / BBC €X / radio €X table.
What we can establish is:
Source What we know
RTÉ Major component, but exact payment isn't publicly disclosed
TG4 Major component, exact figure not disclosed
BBC Rights payment, exact figure not disclosed
RTÉ Radio / Raidió na Gaeltachta National radio rights
BBC Radio Ulster Radio rights
Other radio partners Today FM, Newstalk/local radio arrangements
GAAGO Included within the GAA's overall broadcast/media income
Total media revenue €13.27m
The GAA's 2023-27 rights agreement covers all of those television, streaming and radio arrangements.
But GAAGO is particularly interesting
GAAGO itself generated €5.74m of revenue in 2024, including €5.3m subscriptions and €285k sponsorship.
That doesn't mean €5.74m goes into the GAA's €13.3m media-rights figure - GAAGO is a separate company/accounting structure, and the GAA only owned 50% during 2024. The GAA subsequently bought RTÉ's half and took full ownership in 2025.
There is actually a very useful piece of evidence from an Oireachtas committee in 2025. A GAA representative indicated that commercial media rights were roughly 15% of total GAA revenue, with approximately 10% coming from the traditional public-service broadcasters and about 5% from GAAGO.
€13.3m is the GAA's reported 2024 media-rights revenue. We know who the rights partners are, but the GAA doesn't publish the individual amounts each broadcaster pays.
The GAA announced the takeover in February 2025, but the final financial completion of the purchase was February 2026.
What does that mean for the accounts?
The 2024 GAA accounts obviously don't include GAA+ as a wholly GAA-owned business.
The 2025 accounts should contain the first year of GAA+ activity, because GAA+ was operating during the 2025 championship. However, the exact accounting treatment matters because RTÉ's 50% ownership wasn't financially completed until February 2026.
The 2026 accounts will be the really clean comparison: GAA+ is entirely owned by the GAA, and RTÉ has received its €3m
So the GAA is getting 13.3 from all media in Ireland which is very little.
GAA+ brought in 5.7m. rte and gaa got €2.87m each.
The GAA 3m deal to buy out the rte half of GAA+ it will mean close to 20m for media.
Kew (National) - 16/08/2026 13:50:03
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