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I think its an absolute disgrace that the Gaa are going cutting the minutes silence to 20 seconds have a bit of respect for the person who have passed on its not all about money or TV rights everything about the Gaa right now is professional except the poor players who give their life to the cause not forgetting all the volunteers at grass root level.. I minute of their time is not too much to ask more than likely it will go from 20 seconds to 0 i think very soon they will have to remove the word amu wfkerry (USA) - Posts: 933 - 28/03/2017 14:15:06 1972266 Link
Who do the dead think they are upsetting the financial roadshow, have they no consideration? The GAA has become a corporate body now with only dollar signs in it's eyes. Tradition is a dirty word around Croke Park.......except when it can make them more money. Ulsterman (Antrim) - Posts: 9697 - 28/03/2017 15:00:27 1972281 Link
Replying To wfkerry: "I think its an absolute disgrace that the Gaa are going cutting the minutes silence to 20 seconds have a bit of respect for the person who have passed on its not all about money or TV rights everything about the Gaa right now is professional except the poor players who give their life to the cause not forgetting all the volunteers at grass root level.. I minute of their time is not too much to ask more than likely it will go from 20 seconds to 0 i think very soon they will have to remove the word amu" Surely the fact they're showing respect in the first place is enough. Does it matter whether it's 20 seconds or 6? Respect is still being shown. Far better chance of it being impeccably observed the shorter it is too. GaaGaa78 (UK) - Posts: 285 - 28/03/2017 15:03:58 1972285 Link
Replying To wfkerry: "I think its an absolute disgrace that the Gaa are going cutting the minutes silence to 20 seconds have a bit of respect for the person who have passed on its not all about money or TV rights everything about the Gaa right now is professional except the poor players who give their life to the cause not forgetting all the volunteers at grass root level.. I minute of their time is not too much to ask more than likely it will go from 20 seconds to 0 i think very soon they will have to remove the word amu" Honestly, who are these disgusting people destroying our organization at the top, all in the name of money? What has the GAA become? An utter disgrace even the notion of reducing or taking away the minute's silence. Crinigan (Meath) - Posts: 1316 - 28/03/2017 15:14:41 1972299 Link
Replying To GaaGaa78: "Surely the fact they're showing respect in the first place is enough. Does it matter whether it's 20 seconds or 6? Respect is still being shown. Far better chance of it being impeccably observed the shorter it is too." Stick to the UK sports lad, minute silences are impeccably observed at GAA matches. Crinigan (Meath) - Posts: 1316 - 28/03/2017 15:15:21 1972300 Link
Replying To Crinigan: "Stick to the UK sports lad, minute silences are impeccably observed at GAA matches." Stick to the UK sport? Like what? Soccer? No thanks. Cricket? Again, no thanks. Respect is respect. There's no time limit set on how long you're expected to do it for. The fact it's being acknowledged is in itself showing respect. Lad. GaaGaa78 (UK) - Posts: 285 - 28/03/2017 15:49:08 1972323 Link
Replying To wfkerry: "I think its an absolute disgrace that the Gaa are going cutting the minutes silence to 20 seconds have a bit of respect for the person who have passed on its not all about money or TV rights everything about the Gaa right now is professional except the poor players who give their life to the cause not forgetting all the volunteers at grass root level.. I minute of their time is not too much to ask more than likely it will go from 20 seconds to 0 i think very soon they will have to remove the word amu" Not often I post on the 'main' forum but I felt compelled to when I read this! I think this is DISGUSTING! The GAA have become distanced from the regular punters and are total danger of alienating the people who make this such a great organization in the first place! Why oh why do the powers that be continually feel the need to meddle/change/alter with the rules etc... For me the proposal to reduce the minutes silence to 20 seconds is a step too far! The GAA have gone from a sport belonging to the people to a commercially run organisation where the bottom line is the amount of $$$$ showing as a plus on the balance sheet at the end of the year! THEMOLE2 (Down) - Posts: 1615 - 28/03/2017 16:19:24 1972351 Link
Replying To THEMOLE2: "Not often I post on the 'main' forum but I felt compelled to when I read this! I think this is DISGUSTING! The GAA have become distanced from the regular punters and are total danger of alienating the people who make this such a great organization in the first place! Why oh why do the powers that be continually feel the need to meddle/change/alter with the rules etc... For me the proposal to reduce the minutes silence to 20 seconds is a step too far! The GAA have gone from a sport belonging to the people to a commercially run organisation where the bottom line is the amount of $$$$ showing as a plus on the balance sheet at the end of the year!" Westmeath have thrown out the 20 second rule.All tributes to past GAA people will have a minutes silence after delegates rejected unanimously the Croke Park diktat.Its actually the main story in the Westmeath examiner this week.Its over to other counties now to stand up to the money men in Croke Park.Interestingly Westmeath were one of the few counties to reject the super 8 jobber (Westmeath) - Posts: 1445 - 28/03/2017 19:35:29 1972480 Link
What exactly has it got to do with money like people are arguing.It isn't but of course that doesn't stop some people on here whinging as usual. Frankly there are way too many minutes silence in GAA matches that it makes the gesture quite meaningless now. It should only be observed for very special individuals i.e former great players. uibhfhaili1986 (Offaly) - Posts: 1296 - 28/03/2017 22:17:07 1972569 Link
A lot of the time most supporters in the stadium have never even heard of the deceased individual. Past players yes but I would have no problem if they did away with anything else, unless of course there was some kind of national disaster, god forbid. I am not disrespectful, I just don't think it can be considered 100% sincere when most people are just staring into the space in front of them waiting for the minute to be over. realdub (Dublin) - Posts: 8586 - 28/03/2017 22:31:39 1972573 Link
Replying To uibhfhaili1986: "What exactly has it got to do with money like people are arguing.It isn't but of course that doesn't stop some people on here whinging as usual. Frankly there are way too many minutes silence in GAA matches that it makes the gesture quite meaningless now. It should only be observed for very special individuals i.e former great players." Volunteers that dedicate huge amounts of their lives to the gaa just because they love the game and receive no monetary rewards should absolutely be given a minutes silence. I have no issue with showing respect to someone I don't know but gave vast amounts of their time to the gaa galwayfball (Galway) - Posts: 1678 - 28/03/2017 22:46:51 1972581 Link
there are far too many minutes of silence. It's time the whole thing was scrapped. s goldrick (Cavan) - Posts: 5518 - 28/03/2017 23:14:49 1972589 Link
Replying To uibhfhaili1986: "What exactly has it got to do with money like people are arguing.It isn't but of course that doesn't stop some people on here whinging as usual. Frankly there are way too many minutes silence in GAA matches that it makes the gesture quite meaningless now. It should only be observed for very special individuals i.e former great players." The strength of the gaa is that it includes everyone. From the ladies making tea, to the junior B player. Having a minutes silence for 'the very special person' and 'the great player' is elitist. People other than the high profile, such as the great player, make important contributions to the gaa. Laois76 (Laois) - Posts: 1270 - 29/03/2017 05:05:40 1972611 Link
A few questions on this thread. 1. Are the GAA officially cutting minute silences to 20 seconds? 2. How is this connected to money? 3. Do people not think that having so many minute silences kinda devalues them? Equating a life long GAA volunteer's death in their sleep in their 80s to genuinely tragic occurrences. MesAmis (Dublin) - Posts: 13705 - 29/03/2017 08:27:29 1972621 Link
I would prefer a minutes applause myself. leftnright (Meath) - Posts: 30 - 29/03/2017 09:16:08 1972631 Link
Replying To GaaGaa78: "Stick to the UK sport? Like what? Soccer? No thanks. Cricket? Again, no thanks. Respect is respect. There's no time limit set on how long you're expected to do it for. The fact it's being acknowledged is in itself showing respect. Lad." There is a time limit. Its one minute. As it has been for over 133 years in the GAA and is one minute in many sports across the world. Where did you get the impression there is no time limit? If there was no time limit then why would there even be a debate? 20 seconds of acknowledgement and reflection given a precedent set over 133 years is an insult. Crinigan (Meath) - Posts: 1316 - 29/03/2017 10:18:34 1972648 Link
In the interest of fairness the GAA should release the reward scheme points system so that at least we all know what we need to do to have the minutes silence bestowed upon us i.e. how many points gets you a mention on your local club website/Facepage/Twatter right up to how many get you the name in lights and minutes silence before a big game. I would hate to think that when my time comes if I had just attended one more match or bought another couple of National draw tickets that I could have had it all but missed out due to that. Offside_Rule (Antrim) - Posts: 4058 - 29/03/2017 10:27:11 1972650 Link
Replying To Offside_Rule: "In the interest of fairness the GAA should release the reward scheme points system so that at least we all know what we need to do to have the minutes silence bestowed upon us i.e. how many points gets you a mention on your local club website/Facepage/Twatter right up to how many get you the name in lights and minutes silence before a big game. I would hate to think that when my time comes if I had just attended one more match or bought another couple of National draw tickets that I could have had it all but missed out due to that." Dont worry offside we have already forgotten you jobber (Westmeath) - Posts: 1445 - 29/03/2017 11:40:25 1972681 Link
Replying To jobber: "Dont worry offside we have already forgotten you" Who said that? Offside_Rule (Antrim) - Posts: 4058 - 29/03/2017 11:49:10 1972688 Link
Replying To Offside_Rule: "In the interest of fairness the GAA should release the reward scheme points system so that at least we all know what we need to do to have the minutes silence bestowed upon us i.e. how many points gets you a mention on your local club website/Facepage/Twatter right up to how many get you the name in lights and minutes silence before a big game. I would hate to think that when my time comes if I had just attended one more match or bought another couple of National draw tickets that I could have had it all but missed out due to that." "Ah yes I see here that your relative was an upstanding and committed Gael. However it says here that between December 1983 and March 1984 he did not enter his club lotto and in October 1996 he shrunk his club's Junior B hurling jerseys forcing the club to purchase a new set. Hardly minute silence worthy. The best we can do is we'll get your club secretary to send out a condolences tweet" MesAmis (Dublin) - Posts: 13705 - 29/03/2017 11:56:32 1972699 Link