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Is there anybody out there that can tell me how much the GAA has in its coffers? Do they have hundreds of millions stashed away in a bank for a rainy day or would it be closer to the tens of millions. Form snippets of articles it would appear that they are in a good place financially; but to what degree theblackcard (Mayo) - Posts: 47 - 01/08/2017 08:22:19 2027117 Link
Considering that the GAA puts almost all it's money back into the association and isn't profit making then I'd imagine it wouldn't have the large masses of money in reserve that many people believe they do. MesAmis (Dublin) - Posts: 13704 - 01/08/2017 10:14:31 2027169 Link
Replying To theblackcard: "Is there anybody out there that can tell me how much the GAA has in its coffers? Do they have hundreds of millions stashed away in a bank for a rainy day or would it be closer to the tens of millions. Form snippets of articles it would appear that they are in a good place financially; but to what degree" I'm sure the information can be found somewhere in here http://www.gaa.ie/news/gaa-annual-accounts-for-2016-published/ game.on.now.ger (Galway) - Posts: 423 - 01/08/2017 10:27:51 2027176 Link
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Every once in a while you get this Grab All Association nonsense trotted out by the ignorant and then in the next breath we see that the likes of the Rugby World Cup coming to Ireland is very much dependent on the very same association and its infrastructure which is spread over the length and breadth of the 32 counties. And that's not mentioning the 100's of coaches and GDA's funded by the very same body. Plus subsidised player insurance which no other amateur organisation has in place for its players. Just because you've gotten accustomed to having it, doesn't mean it hasn't to be paid for. bricktop (Down) - Posts: 2503 - 01/08/2017 10:37:24 2027185 Link
Do the GAA ever publish how much they take in and how much goes back to the clubs. I hear a lot about money going back in. wd45 (Westmeath) - Posts: 211 - 01/08/2017 10:49:58 2027197 Link
Replying To wd45: "Do the GAA ever publish how much they take in and how much goes back to the clubs. I hear a lot about money going back in." Yes, everything is published in their annual accounts. They've been very transparent on this for a long time. The information is out there for public consumption. WanPintWin (Galway) - Posts: 2034 - 01/08/2017 11:18:35 2027230 Link
The GAAs money was only resting in the dubs account ok! KingdomBoy1 (Kerry) - Posts: 14092 - 01/08/2017 11:24:29 2027237 Link
Dunno, Ask Dublin GAA. Vishred (Mayo) - Posts: 303 - 01/08/2017 12:00:59 2027266 Link
i am a GAA man to the backbone and have been involved with my local club for over 30 years. There now is vast chasm between croke park/central council/ provincial councils and grass roots. from the Sky deal, the prices in croke park, the prices of match tickets etc. the GAA has become a money making machine and anyone who questions the paid full time officials about anything in relation to costs supporters have to endure we are told pricing is in line with other sports like soccer and rugby, but those are all professional, the GAA is supposed to be amateur. The sky deal was not put to congress because they knew it would not get through, Micheal Duignan was right in what he said on RTE , someone needed to say it. where has the super 8 come from? Where is the GPA in all this? very quiet, the elite players association had their silence bought methinks. we have clubs at local level trying to develop their facilities to the minimum standards fundrasing like mad locally with no help from croke park. the recent plan to search bags going into croke park, why only croke park why not club games too? personally i think it is ridiculous anyway but if it's being done do it at all games or no games. somewhere along the way the ethos of what the organisation was built has been forgotten by the top brass. totalrecall (Leitrim) - Posts: 912 - 01/08/2017 12:02:44 2027268 Link
Replying To totalrecall: "i am a GAA man to the backbone and have been involved with my local club for over 30 years. There now is vast chasm between croke park/central council/ provincial councils and grass roots. from the Sky deal, the prices in croke park, the prices of match tickets etc. the GAA has become a money making machine and anyone who questions the paid full time officials about anything in relation to costs supporters have to endure we are told pricing is in line with other sports like soccer and rugby, but those are all professional, the GAA is supposed to be amateur. The sky deal was not put to congress because they knew it would not get through, Micheal Duignan was right in what he said on RTE , someone needed to say it. where has the super 8 come from? Where is the GPA in all this? very quiet, the elite players association had their silence bought methinks. we have clubs at local level trying to develop their facilities to the minimum standards fundrasing like mad locally with no help from croke park. the recent plan to search bags going into croke park, why only croke park why not club games too? personally i think it is ridiculous anyway but if it's being done do it at all games or no games. somewhere along the way the ethos of what the organisation was built has been forgotten by the top brass." I don't like the Sky deal but it comfortably got through congress. Pricing for games in my opinion is really good value for the quality getting played now. €25 for the round 4 double header, €35 for the quarter final double headers is absolutely fine. The association has to make money like. It has to pay for development projects. I don't like the Super 8 either particularly and it is a little worrying. The association isn't awash with cash. According to its publicly available financial statement it's got €25m in cash but then also has assets such as Croke Park worth €151m. The GAA has an amateur ethos but we live in a professional world. The GAA has to make money to survive in it, there's no ifs or buts about it. Whammo86 (Antrim) - Posts: 4207 - 01/08/2017 13:30:32 2027346 Link
Replying To Whammo86: "I don't like the Sky deal but it comfortably got through congress. Pricing for games in my opinion is really good value for the quality getting played now. €25 for the round 4 double header, €35 for the quarter final double headers is absolutely fine. The association has to make money like. It has to pay for development projects. I don't like the Super 8 either particularly and it is a little worrying. The association isn't awash with cash. According to its publicly available financial statement it's got €25m in cash but then also has assets such as Croke Park worth €151m. The GAA has an amateur ethos but we live in a professional world. The GAA has to make money to survive in it, there's no ifs or buts about it." yeah the GAA have to make money, money collected by did hard volunteers every week for lotto etc, tickets being bought by the same faithful who follow their county teams travelling with their families to games and paying through the nose for tickets and then getting robbed by the vendors in croke park for cups of tea/coffee and other refreshments. Croke Park was redeveloped 20 years ago, it is well paid for now. How about the association showing some respect to it's members and supporters instead of fleecing them at every opportunity?? I won't be holding my breath........rant over totalrecall (Leitrim) - Posts: 912 - 01/08/2017 14:47:12 2027401 Link
Replying To totalrecall: "yeah the GAA have to make money, money collected by did hard volunteers every week for lotto etc, tickets being bought by the same faithful who follow their county teams travelling with their families to games and paying through the nose for tickets and then getting robbed by the vendors in croke park for cups of tea/coffee and other refreshments. Croke Park was redeveloped 20 years ago, it is well paid for now. How about the association showing some respect to it's members and supporters instead of fleecing them at every opportunity?? I won't be holding my breath........rant over" Couldn't agree more The_DOC (Galway) - Posts: 705 - 01/08/2017 15:22:04 2027417 Link
Replying To totalrecall: "yeah the GAA have to make money, money collected by did hard volunteers every week for lotto etc, tickets being bought by the same faithful who follow their county teams travelling with their families to games and paying through the nose for tickets and then getting robbed by the vendors in croke park for cups of tea/coffee and other refreshments. Croke Park was redeveloped 20 years ago, it is well paid for now. How about the association showing some respect to it's members and supporters instead of fleecing them at every opportunity?? I won't be holding my breath........rant over" Where are members and supporters being fleeced at every turn? Prices for intercounty championship matches are quite reasonable.€35 for a quarter final Double header is very good value for money.You don't have to buy refreshments in Croke park just bring a lunch box with you or eat in your car. It costs a lot of money to pay for eveyrthing in the GAA.Equipment,facilities,utility bills etc etc The money that is taken in at central level us redistributed back into the variuous units of the GAA. Truth is Ireland is just a country filled with whingers who want everything for nothing. uibhfhaili1986 (Offaly) - Posts: 1296 - 01/08/2017 16:11:16 2027460 Link
About 50 quid plus whatever is in the capital KY4SAM2015 (Kerry) - Posts: 898 - 01/08/2017 17:07:07 2027506 Link
Would love to see a set of their audited books. Why arent the salarys of the top brass released to the public ? You can be damn sure the GAA getting a nice touch from all the Ed Sheeran concerts. How much did they get to lease out Croke Park to the IRFU that time ? AustinGleeson6 (Galway) - Posts: 223 - 01/08/2017 17:27:08 2027523 Link
A Trillon dollar bill yew_tree (Mayo) - Posts: 11227 - 01/08/2017 17:47:33 2027534 Link
Replying To theblackcard: "Is there anybody out there that can tell me how much the GAA has in its coffers? Do they have hundreds of millions stashed away in a bank for a rainy day or would it be closer to the tens of millions. Form snippets of articles it would appear that they are in a good place financially; but to what degree" Looooads!! waynoI (Dublin) - Posts: 13650 - 01/08/2017 18:23:54 2027555 Link
Replying To uibhfhaili1986: "Where are members and supporters being fleeced at every turn? Prices for intercounty championship matches are quite reasonable.€35 for a quarter final Double header is very good value for money.You don't have to buy refreshments in Croke park just bring a lunch box with you or eat in your car. It costs a lot of money to pay for eveyrthing in the GAA.Equipment,facilities,utility bills etc etc The money that is taken in at central level us redistributed back into the variuous units of the GAA. Truth is Ireland is just a country filled with whingers who want everything for nothing." Exactly, and this place is a hive of the hoors. If the tickets were a 10er you'd still have a clatter of whinging fcks on about how the game was poor value for money. catch22 (USA)* - Posts: 2148 - 01/08/2017 19:40:39 2027583 Link
Replying To catch22: "Exactly, and this place is a hive of the hoors. If the tickets were a 10er you'd still have a clatter of whinging fcks on about how the game was poor value for money." Some are glass half full people and some are glass half empty people. The glass half full people love a packed Big Tree on matchday, waiting ages for the pint and the best craic you can get before and after going to the greatest stadium in the world. The glass half empty people whinge in the Big Tree. Their pint, ironically, seems twics the price of home. The bar staff are terrible, the Q to the jacks is too long and they have too long a walk to get to the bloody Cusack! Everything doesn't need to have a monetary value. A day out watching your time is priceless. GreenandRed (Mayo)* - Posts: 7335 - 01/08/2017 20:35:55 2027597 Link