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It is quiet simple really. The inter county game is a professional league played in 16,000 spectator stadiums. This way you have limited tickets and get a different crowd to support games, paying a higher price for the professionalism. Every game televised and the revenue from advertisement also a major source of income. Maintaining the county structure, maintains the rivalry. Canuck (Waterford) - Posts: 2642 - 30/04/2018 17:52:22 2095774 Link 0 |
Time to close this idiotic thread Galwayjoe86 (Galway) - Posts: 258 - 30/04/2018 18:13:58 2095782 Link 1 |
You know it's very easy not to open it.
Whammo86 (Antrim) - Posts: 4172 - 30/04/2018 20:02:13 2095798 Link 0 |
Couldn't agree more.
moc.dna (Galway) - Posts: 1212 - 01/05/2018 00:19:13 2095856 Link 1 |
You also opened it and read some of it
Whammo86 (Antrim) - Posts: 4172 - 01/05/2018 10:17:04 2095901 Link 0 |
Antrims structures have its faults, that is true in most counties to be fair, but I think you know the issues in Belfast but have come up with the wrong solution. A youngster growing up 30 odd miles up the road in Loughgiel believes that one day he'll play for his club in an AI final. Why? Because he's seen it done in his lifetime and reared on stories of the time in the early 80's when they did it for the first time. They go out to their U10 or U12 training with local hero's to emulate. Is it too big of an ask for a child reared in the city not to have the same dreams considering that St Galls have also won an AI club title in football. The model and the appeal is already there. I just think Belfast has suffered most in so much that the spirit of volunteerism has been watered down by full time coaches of dubious quality floating around the place with no vision of where they want and need Belfast GAA to go in 5 years time or whatever. They're paid clock watchers not evangelists like Paudie Butler and the likes. Belfast GAA needs a Paudie or Ned Quinn not glorified civil servants setting the agenda. bricktop (Down) - Posts: 2503 - 01/05/2018 10:58:27 2095918 Link 0 |
Antrims structures have its faults, that is true in most counties to be fair, but I think you know the issues in Belfast but have come up with the wrong solution. A youngster growing up 30 odd miles up the road in Loughgiel believes that one day he'll play for his club in an AI final. Why? Because he's seen it done in his lifetime and reared on stories of the time in the early 80's when they did it for the first time. They go out to their U10 or U12 training with local hero's to emulate. Is it too big of an ask for a child reared in the city not to have the same dreams considering that St Galls have also won an AI club title in football. The model and the appeal is already there. I just think Belfast has suffered most in so much that the spirit of volunteerism has been watered down by full time coaches of dubious quality floating around the place with no vision of where they want and need Belfast GAA to go in 5 years time or whatever. They're paid clock watchers not evangelists like Paudie Butler and the likes. Belfast GAA needs a Paudie or Ned Quinn not glorified civil servants setting the agenda."]This is somewhat my point. If you are a very talented individual and are a part of the St Gall's club then great you do have something to aspire to. What if you are a very talented individual at Davitt's, Sarsfields, St Agnes. Why should you not be allowed to move to a club that can fulfill your ambitions. Part of the reason it's discouraged is because the GAA organises it's club competitions on a county level, it'd be bad for the competitions if all the players flocked to one team. If there was say a Provincial league where St Galls were playing Cavan Gaels, Slaughtneil, Crossmaglen etc. it wouldn't be a big deal if some of the better players from other clubs left to join them. There'd still be a competitive Antrim league left behind. I think you guys when you talk about the death of the club game as a result of something like this are being histerical really. When Randalstown lost Michael Magill, there best player, to Cargin I'm pretty sure those coaching the youngsters didn't just wrap it all up. "What's the point lads, they'll all just go to Cargin now". It didn't make a blind bit of difference. Clubs lose players and often very good players all the time and things go on because there are plenty of other people there left behind to continue things and make their own successes. Allegiances to clubs aren't set in stones for generations until the end of time either and people are quite capable of having allegiances to more than one club. There are plenty of people raise their children in a different club than they played for. You have cousins playing against each other all the time. There's been a switch of allegiance there at some point. No big deal. Why is it such a problem for someone to move clubs during his playing days. Whammo86 (Antrim) - Posts: 4172 - 01/05/2018 12:21:33 2095947 Link 0 |