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To be fair the footballer got saddled with millions of euro debt because they were forced to join up with the hurlers. The also had to let all hurling teams use the footballing training facilities and still do. The hurlers didn't have home games for years so zero money coming in all through out the years while the footballers play big provincial games in salt hill. Footballers are also doing up tuam stadium while hurlers don't do up any grounds. Footballers also played fbd league in the Connacht dome which funds it running, something the hurlers don't do, so you can see the footballers are doing a lot through out the years.
Kew (Galway) - Posts: 115 - 08/12/2024 00:42:59 2582747 Link 2 |
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Well said!
Ailteoir (Galway) - Posts: 887 - 08/12/2024 12:37:35 2582765 Link 0 |
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Plenty incorrect in this post 1. You do know counties don't keep their "home game" attendance monies right? 2. Football board aren't doing up Tuam, a voluntary group - backed by a now deceased millionaire - are essentially funding that. It wouldn't be done up without that. 3. Praising a white elephant in the middle nowhere in Mayo is doing what for Galway football? 4. Loughgeorge is a training base for all Galway GAA. Exactly how it should be. It's a poor standard nonetheless and the hurlers (and footballers) leave the place as soon as they can in the late Spring. 5. Footballers got saddled with millions of debt? Again, no, the county board got saddle with millions of debt. TanCanRan (Galway) - Posts: 236 - 08/12/2024 13:56:26 2582768 Link 1 |
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King Henry too.
Pope_Benedict (Galway) - Posts: 3906 - 08/12/2024 14:50:28 2582774 Link 2 |
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And if they lose they're out
Belclare7 (Galway) - Posts: 143 - 08/12/2024 15:05:56 2582775 Link 0 |
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Galway GAA got saddled with millions in debt from Galway Hurling. So a few lads in a stand in Kilbeacanty watching a club game won't be clearing that anytime in the next century! Footballers bailed ye and Galway GAA out. You're welcome. Tuam Stadium redevelopment is indeed driven by philanthropy from very generous benefactors and passionate voluntary group that all follow which code? Yup, you guessed right, TanCanRan Man, it's Football. Find an equivalent for Kenny Park and that'd be great for all the County. Your arguments are as lightweight as that tennis ball of a sliotar used these days, that even U16s can now put over the bar from 90+ metres! Ping pong time. togoutlads (Galway) - Posts: 980 - 08/12/2024 16:15:23 2582783 Link 1 |
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Re points 4 & 5… Loughgeorge was developed as a training facility for Galway gaelic football teams - was not intended to be used by any hurling teams. The hurlers latched into it only much later after the hurling board made a balls of Mountain South. At the time there were separate football and hurling boards - conveniently since amalgamated into one so yes the footballers have been saddled with that mountain south hurling board debt. Anyhow this is getting tiresome… Anyone have any info on new club managers for 2025? galwayman2 (Galway) - Posts: 1289 - 08/12/2024 16:40:28 2582785 Link 2 |
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Next century? The debt has been restructured and is due to be paid off pretty soon. Largely helped by the money generated by streaming and gate receipts. Better look at the front of the football jerseys and sponsors. While the football board couldn't get a decent sponsor, the hurlers had Pat Mc. And he kindly came on board with the footballers tool this partnership works in both ways. TanCanRan (Galway) - Posts: 236 - 08/12/2024 17:04:03 2582789 Link 0 |
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Mountain South was a disaster. But Galway football has benefitted from the merger with Pat Mc willing to come onboard as main sponsor afterwards. I'd say his contributions have made the money back or at least will and that's down to been linked with the hurlers.
TanCanRan (Galway) - Posts: 236 - 08/12/2024 17:09:16 2582791 Link 0 |
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You really haven't a clue about the financial situation in Galway GAA
dontlookback (Galway) - Posts: 281 - 08/12/2024 19:29:18 2582803 Link 2 |
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Tommy Varden ploughed a fortune into Galway football for 20 years.. We didn't need Pat Mc Loughgeorge was and still is rightly a football base , the hurlers hijacked it after the mountain south debacle... Belclare7 (Galway) - Posts: 143 - 08/12/2024 20:10:03 2582808 Link 1 |
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Lots and lots of clubs looking for managers.. Corofin I believe, will hire from within... St James could be similar. Salthill , Tuam will be remaining as is.. Belclare7 (Galway) - Posts: 143 - 08/12/2024 20:12:57 2582810 Link 0 |
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Normally when people say that, they back it up with with something. You really don't have a clue about Galway's financial situation. See how easy that is.
TanCanRan (Galway) - Posts: 236 - 08/12/2024 21:45:27 2582817 Link 0 |
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But the footballers need now, which was the point.
TanCanRan (Galway) - Posts: 236 - 08/12/2024 21:46:00 2582818 Link 0 |
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It was a county board decision chaired by a hurling man to combine Supermacs sponsorship.. Footballers never ever had an issue getting a sponsor.. And you haven't a clue about Tuam Stadium, our football ground, mainly backed by a generous donation but also by the football community , what have the hurling community done in this regard? Nothing but bleed us all dry Belclare7 (Galway) - Posts: 143 - 08/12/2024 21:59:45 2582819 Link 1 |
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1.Galway hurling didn't get home games in Leinster for years. if you didn't know that I wonder how much hurling you actually watch. 2. Galway footballers play league and Connacht underage games there to help raise funds. 3.fbd league funds the running. It was built for 3 million a new one will cost 10 million if other provinces decide to build one. Galway schools and underage team play there. Great investment 4.its a football training facility but hurling team has none so are allowed to use it. 5. Footballers were forced to merge and take on hurling debts 6. Galway Camogie got a new sponsor who paid more. Kew (Galway) - Posts: 115 - 09/12/2024 06:35:50 2582838 Link 1 |
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Fitzy and Gary Delaney is the talk for Corofin I believe.
galwayman2 (Galway) - Posts: 1289 - 09/12/2024 07:53:58 2582840 Link 0 |
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Sort of a stupid argument. There will always be puts and takes financially between codes and it defeats the purpose of the merging of the boards if people are going to be doing pseudo accounting on the relative contributions and consumers to funding. Lets move on from it , we have some very fair minded people at the senior levels in the county board and they appear to be making all the correct and fair calls. I do have to laugh, though at the insinuation, that Supermacs deciding to sponsor footballers is a contribution from the hurling community to the football community. Supermacs is a business, and like any other business , they decide on their sponsorship budget based on solid business rationale. anotheralias (Galway) - Posts: 960 - 09/12/2024 14:47:17 2582894 Link 1 |
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Cancer Care West A noble gesture, but one that would never have happened if Aer Arann didn't go bankrupt FallenStar (Galway) - Posts: 424 - 09/12/2024 14:47:38 2582895 Link 1 |
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1. That actually doesn't address anything I said. All money generated at league or championship doesn't go to the county board. 2. Raise funds for who? 3. It's a white elephant. You can't play league or championship and now the FDB is dead, it can only cater for challenge games or training sessions. You can't even play school's championship games there. 4. Yes. But now it's a county board, it's for the whole county. 5. Footballers benefitted greatly from the merger. They couldn't even get a sponsor pre-Supermacs 6. And has since pulled out early of the deal. You know this right? Probably going to have to come back cap on hand/ TanCanRan (Galway) - Posts: 236 - 09/12/2024 20:24:11 2582934 Link 0 |