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You're probably right. The rift between club and county is probably already unbreachable and the new championship structure -- which is supposedly designed to keep them working together -- seems almost certain to widen the gap.
PoolSturgeon (Galway) - Posts: 1902 - 29/12/2017 19:55:33 2066184 Link 1 |
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and how much of this magical money would filter down to club level, haven't seen much come down from hq or provincial level and any that does is as if you are trying to rob them and the paperwork is crippling. Some things should be beyond £s signs and if this happens I think it wont be long till we are seeing semi pro players similar to rugby where they are contracted to a county/province and return to club games either to recuperate after injury or whenever the county team exit the AI series regardless of the talk from the gpa/CP money is going to be the killing of the amateur game within the next decade ormondbannerman (Clare) - Posts: 13473 - 29/12/2017 22:39:14 2066204 Link 0 |
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there's been plenty of big money deals done the last one selling out to the sky corp and to hell with those who cant afford to run to games and cant afford sky subs, yet clubs are struggling up and down the country just to afford the insurance, rates, player injury cover, county board fees etc and any development work or capital spend is all paid for by volunteers running the roads begging selling tickets or trying to come up with new ideas to raise capital. yes they may get grants from gov in the north but that has to be matched by the club and vat added on top of that, yet no money is contributed from CP or Provincial councils. Yes some clubs have over stretched and a lot have some bloody excellent facilities which are the envy of other sporting organisations but they still need paid for and maintained, but does any of these big sponsors care or even croke park, yes some of the money filters down to county level coaches but does that help all those ulster council coaches on protected notice? haven't heard any body from CP saying sure we've plenty of money we'll keep your jobs safe till such times as the clowns decide to go back to work and sort budgets etc, yet the shameful state of casement and the bollox that's been made of it, trying to ride roughshod over the locals. my point on pay for play is with all this money supposedly available its the inevitable consequence that players will want a slice and the player association will also want a bigger cut { and fair play to them after all it is them that provide the product to sell } and only a matter of time so I don't understand the reluctance of people to acknowledge that, still I believe that somethings should be of limits and not just sold off for quick gain to some big tax avoiding corporation whose only aim is self promotion. happy new year to all
bulmccabe (Tyrone) - Posts: 361 - 30/12/2017 06:28:31 2066217 Link 0 |
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when is the beginning of the refurbishment of Croke Park planned for? manfromdelmonte (UK) - Posts: 541 - 30/12/2017 13:25:42 2066255 Link 0 |
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The GAA shouldn't exist to chase profits. Gleebo (Mayo) - Posts: 2208 - 30/12/2017 21:00:28 2066312 Link 0 |
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Sums up my view on this perfectly = probably sums up most people in GAA, which is why you have few responses.
arock (Dublin) - Posts: 4895 - 30/12/2017 22:38:54 2066322 Link 0 |
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there's been plenty of big money deals done the last one selling out to the sky corp and to hell with those who cant afford to run to games and cant afford sky subs, yet clubs are struggling up and down the country just to afford the insurance, rates, player injury cover, county board fees etc and any development work or capital spend is all paid for by volunteers running the roads begging selling tickets or trying to come up with new ideas to raise capital. yes they may get grants from gov in the north but that has to be matched by the club and vat added on top of that, yet no money is contributed from CP or Provincial councils. Yes some clubs have over stretched and a lot have some bloody excellent facilities which are the envy of other sporting organisations but they still need paid for and maintained, but does any of these big sponsors care or even croke park, yes some of the money filters down to county level coaches but does that help all those ulster council coaches on protected notice? haven't heard any body from CP saying sure we've plenty of money we'll keep your jobs safe till such times as the clowns decide to go back to work and sort budgets etc, yet the shameful state of casement and the bollox that's been made of it, trying to ride roughshod over the locals. my point on pay for play is with all this money supposedly available its the inevitable consequence that players will want a slice and the player association will also want a bigger cut { and fair play to them after all it is them that provide the product to sell } and only a matter of time so I don't understand the reluctance of people to acknowledge that, still I believe that somethings should be of limits and not just sold off for quick gain to some big tax avoiding corporation whose only aim is self promotion. happy new year to all ormondbannerman (Clare) - Posts: 13473 - 30/12/2017 23:28:13 2066329 Link 0 |
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Glennon bros pearse park in Longford?
royaldunne (Meath) - Posts: 19449 - 31/12/2017 13:08:53 2066355 Link 0 |
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The got rid of the canel end, it will always be the canel end to me though.
royaldunne (Meath) - Posts: 19449 - 31/12/2017 13:11:09 2066356 Link 0 |
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Can't change Croke Park name, I mean where will it stop, when a player scores will the announcer say who the scorer was and his boots are sponsored by whoever, socks by another crowd, gloves etc, make a laughing stock of us all riverboys (Mayo) - Posts: 1389 - 31/12/2017 21:56:34 2066407 Link 0 |
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Just a point of note. . cavanman47 (Cavan) - Posts: 5010 - 02/01/2018 11:28:44 2066467 Link 0 |
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I stand corrected. I thought it was set in stone.
Superglue (Kerry) - Posts: 1283 - 02/01/2018 11:43:44 2066471 Link 0 |
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And see what happened to Pearse park when they did that??? :-)
BlastCalyle (Mayo) - Posts: 206 - 04/01/2018 11:02:35 2066746 Link 0 |
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Imagine if Britannia Life Insurance sponsored it, The Britannia Stadium, lol PyatPree (Cork) - Posts: 376 - 04/01/2018 12:01:49 2066768 Link 0 |
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the other thing about Cavan is that Kingspan sponsored Cavan for up on 25 years before asking to rename the grounds. it was probably a good deal on our part and there was probably a slight obligation on Cavans part to accommodate them after their service. Croke Park is slightly different in that the stadium doesn't belong to a county. it also has a much higher profile than the average GAA stadium. Although it probably wouldn't be any harm you would have to question the benefit to the GAA community overall seeing that it is a amateur sport at the end of the day.
theweanling (Cavan) - Posts: 414 - 04/01/2018 14:02:53 2066798 Link 0 |