Player charter demands cause outrage
November 27, 2023
The 2023 All-Ireland SFC final match programme ahead of the showdown between Kerry and Dublin at Croke Park ©INPHO/Evan Treacy
A GAA club has been accused of going too far with its list of demands for players ahead of the 2024 season.
Details of a player charter document, which is purportedly that of an All-Ireland senior hurling championship winning club from Galway, were circulated online over the weekend and have been met with disbelief by many on social media.
The full list of requirements set out by the team management are as follows:
1. Anyone planning trips to Australia / America and Canada etc for the summer can't be part of the senior panel for 2024.
2. No holidays during championship (June - Oct) unless approved by management and the leadership group. Unapproved holidays means suspension or removal from panel.
3. No drinking during championship (June - Oct) unless approved by management and the leadership group. Unapproved drinking means suspension or removal from panel.
4. Pre Xmas individual running / conditioning program for listed training panel. All needed to be logged on App.
5. Jan - March (collective running and S&C work). Mandatory attendance and Fitness test markers (pre - middle and end).
6. Logging of activity on the app for all (all other panel members) on a consistent basis > 90%
7. Commitment to treating league 2024 like championship in all aspects of prep
8. Commitment by team to lead the team fundraising activity (15k) and to players training fund thereafter
9. Commitment from Dublin and Limerick lads to attend training once a week come Jan.
10. No other sporting commitments past June. Soccer. Golf. Rugby. athletics etc
11. Commitment to train at the highest levels. ALL of the time. Commitment to achieving fitness and conditioning targets as set down by Management.
Sometimes you wonder if some GAA clubs have lost the run of themselves.
— Will O'Callaghan (@willocallaghan) November 26, 2023
Just saw a charter of commitment where players need to agree to five months without holidays or alcohol and no other sporting commitments in order to play. 😬
No J1 players allowed either.
If a club executive allowed a manager to distribute this, they should be stood down too. #GAA pic.twitter.com/RSYMZioHQp
— Derrick Lynch (@DLynchSport) November 26, 2023
This is not the GAA I love! pic.twitter.com/sB4AElvLfQ
— Michael Verney (@mlverney) November 26, 2023
The reality of it is players will eventually get frustrated and those who set out that chart will get the chance to do it somewhere else !!!! https://t.co/NuJx2CpSl5
— Conor.mortimer (😷)⚽️ (@Conmort) November 26, 2023
This has to be a wind up 🙈 https://t.co/hN0zWO7nZM
— Smaller Fish GAA (@SmallerFishGAA) November 26, 2023
Tweet2024, and a Gaa club in Galway is asking amateur players in college, working full time and with families to commit to this. Nothing but bad luck should be wished upon that management team unless said club committee stands up and speaks out! pic.twitter.com/dRKIaZD9f3
— Gar Toohey (@tjg_ctv) November 26, 2023
