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I'm not in agreeance with moving the finals to august at all. I feel that the GAA should have kept those dates and make them iconic dates in our calendar. shortening the playing year almost seems like the champonships are being rushed to get them out of the way. this then leaves a whole month (september) where peoples attention is turned to the returning premiership. I'm not saying there's anything wrong with following soccer, I'm just saying instead of promoting our games we're handing over the initiative. theweanling (Cavan) - Posts: 414 - 01/03/2017 10:29:59 1962397 Link 0 |
you mustn't play much gaa...do you think club players are more concerned with watching the premier league than actually getting to play a game off gaa? Leave the finals where they are, keep the club players twiddling their thumbs and they will definitely be watching the premiership wishfulthinkin (Cavan) - Posts: 1687 - 01/03/2017 10:56:51 1962408 Link 0 |
I didn't mention anywhere that club players would choose premiership over a club game, so you can pull your horns in a bit. I was merely talking from the perspective of taking GAA of the calendar in what i see is an important month........ And yes you're right I don't play GAA anymore. I'm living away from home and i travel a lot. many many times i put in the effort to come to games and then after all my travelling games were called off. never being able to plan anything because of football because there was a shambolic fixture list. there was no freedom whatsoever and you'd swear you stuck a team mate if you dared go on holidays from May to September
theweanling (Cavan) - Posts: 414 - 01/03/2017 12:13:46 1962440 Link 0 |
Maybe I should rephrase it. It's short term thinking to make a buck now at the long term detriment of the game.
Killarney.87 (Tipperary) - Posts: 2513 - 01/03/2017 22:58:28 1962678 Link 0 |
Moving the Football and Hurling Finals to August is a massive change and helps the club players in only 4 out of the 32 counties. I think it's a huge mistake. Mickmick (Dublin) - Posts: 104 - 02/03/2017 09:47:29 1962713 Link 0 |