Big up Pat Spillane

[finlma]

Did anyone see Pat Spillane's comments at the RTE sports personality awards? He said that the GAA was being held back by a few biggots and it was a disgrace that they would let Michael Jackson play in Croke Park but not Brian O'Driscoll or Damian Duff. Fair play Pat.

[NigeSausagepump]

Jimmy Barry Murphy said something almost exactly the same last month.
It does make you wonder about their logic. Michael Jackson = ok. Football = not ok.
I wonder which of the two options is more likely to pervert the god-fearing kids of Ireland......
:D

[derm]

It's a not only disgrace that this attitude still exists but it's downright scary how bitterly opposed some are to allowing soccer/rugby to be played where American Football has been.

I wouldn't ask de GAA to open all stadia to all "foreign":rolleyes:
sports, however one sporting organisation should make a temporary gesture regarding Croke Park to another for de WC qualifiers.

[the scout]

i think its fairly obvious the gaa fear a mass exodus to soccer from their rank and file and in particular the young gaa players who would probably take a bigger interest in soccer should it be played in croke park.