Replying To tiobraid: "A full strike is the only option at this stage."
Look I'm not in favour of super8 but it must have been passed in counties before congress? So if there so many against it how was it passed firstly at club level then county?
Replying To jimbodub: "The GAA not officially recognising the CPA is dangerous
Have the GAA learned nothing regarding their early dealings with the GPA
The CPA are the men and women that are the GAA.
Not to officially recognise them tells an awful lot about how the suits of the GAA see themselves and their own deluded self importance
The GAA players both club and county were not consulted and voted against the Super 8 in what was a bit of a landslide majority
Yet the suits pass it.
Oh dear.
For all the talk about the GAA being democratic
There is nothing democratic about the GAA when you don't listen to those actually driving the game. The players. Both Club and County
There is nothing democratic about refusing to recognise the body committed to look after club players"
Jumbo there was no vote to recognise , it was withdrawn , delegates spoke and said that they did not know what the CPA agenda was , they said the organisation was in its infancy , they suggested that the come back next year with a clear and consice outline of what they want , I can defineely see a vote next year and equally having watched it live am convinced a vote would have been beaten at the weekend
It still doesn't take away from the fact that both Club & County players didn't want the Super 8
Those that play the game didn't want it and the in the GPA's case weren't even consulted and voted heavily against it's introduction
I'm all for giving new things a try but the actual life blood of the organisation (players) should have a far more input into these decisions
And both GPA / CPA didn't want this introduction - the success of the Super 8 can only be built through the players efforts and if they are playing in something that they didn't even want... that's not a great start to this whole venture.
It still doesn't take away from the fact that both Club & County players didn't want the Super 8
Those that play the game didn't want it and the in the GPA's case weren't even consulted and voted heavily against it's introduction
I'm all for giving new things a try but the actual life blood of the organisation (players) should have a far more input into these decisions
And both GPA / CPA didn't want this introduction - the success of the Super 8 can only be built through the players efforts and if they are playing in something that they didn't even want... that's not a great start to this whole venture."
The CPA are very unhappy at how they were treated on Saturday
Club Players Association secretary Declan Brennan has refused to rule out strike action in the pursuit of the newly-formed body's goal to 'fix the fixtures.'
Despite fierce opposition from the CPA and the Gaelic Players Association, the 'super 8' format for the quarter-final stage of the All-Ireland senior football championship was voted in for three years from 2018.
And Brennan said: "Everything's an option now. It (strike) is not a road I want to go down - we want to play more games rather than strike but everything's an option now and everything will be done to get this across the line."
A request from the CPA to air their views at Congress was turned down and Brennan admits that members of the fledgling body have been left "confused" and "frustrated".
He added: "Listen, everybody would be confused and frustrated. There would be an energy level throughout the country and within our own organisation - we enlisted over 3000 members at the weekend - that something wasn't right about what happened on Saturday.
"Where do we go from here? Everybody's taking a few days to gather their thoughts and we'll have an executive meeting towards the end of the week and then move forward.
"This is like being beaten in the first round of the championship - we're going through the back door now and we'll go through whatever door we need to knock down to get something done for our members."
As has been already pointed out there was no vote taken on recognition of the CPA, and given that there are some very capable men at the head of the CPA, they obviously knew that an organisation that has not even got off the ground properly yet had no hope of getting in without a proper plan/ manifesto/ strategy or whatever you want to call it. Thinly veiled threats of strikes coming from some sources will do nothing to help the establishment of the new players body. I know some are pointing to the big numbers already signed up, but if the truth is known I can't imagine even half of these new members know the first thing about the aims and objectives of the CPA outside of 'improving the lot of club players', an admirable notion, but without a serious plan about as much use as a politicians promise to fix the health service. I honestly thing that in a years time the CPA will be much better positioned to have a real influence on the club game, and by extension the entire GAA.