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Apparently he was abused by opposition players & fans. I wonder if the GAA are going to take any action?Quote:
An inter-county GAA player who has given up the game because of sectarian abuse is calling on the GAA to confront the problem.
Twenty-five-year-old Darren Graham, a Protestant who played at under-21 level for Fermanagh in both football and hurling, made the decision to quit after being taunted repeatedly from the stands.
GAA have to show moral courage and stamp out the bigots.:mad::mad:
Some Dungannon player in the papers yesterday saying he quit gaelic football because of the abuse he was getting for playing association football . . . . . . . . from the refs.
Anyone else think he's being a bit of a girls blouse??
If someone slags you Darren, slag them back :rolleyes:
It seems the stick that the Orange Order has always used to beat the GAA with North of the border has some veracity after all.......
Sectarianism is a bit more than slagging.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lim till i die
Two of his relatives were killed by the IRA as well.
That make the sectarian chanting even a tad sicker !:eek:Quote:
Originally Posted by OneRedArmy
It seems at least the guys club are backing him.
I think its a bit dubious for the GAA to say they cannot investigate unless they get an official complaint.
I suppose its easy to claim you have a 32 county game when you discourage players from the other community.
That's ridiculous LTID. If he was black or Jewish or Muslim or gay it'd be called out of order that he takes stick for it. But because he's just one of "them uns" he's fair game?Quote:
Originally Posted by Lim till i die
Also, if he's being a bit of a blouse ...he sure took his sweet time about it no?
Well he did right to give up a game of no skill in any event :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Risteard
Thought it was hurling he played. Pretty disgusting stuff if true and I've no doubt it is.
Read this in the paper the other day was going to post about it in the current affairs forum!
Yes he played Hurling for the Fermanagh county team apparently! and his father was a member of the UDR (Ulster Defence Regiment) and was killed when he was just 3 weeks old!
Pretty sickening but unfortunately it doesn't really suprise me as this society has a long way to go before it becomes normalised thats if it ever does become normal! and despite all the progress that has been made some people still have mindsets which belong in the past.
Pretty disgusting if true.
The GAA fans are holding back what they want with actions like that, a united Ireland.
the UDR of course was such a commendable organisation itself
Thought you'd say something similar. Are you siggesting that his father's occupation makes him fair game? :rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by bennocelt
Hardly the point Bennocelt. If the lad can play sport with an association that, in his own county, names competitions for kids after guys killed on "active service" :rolleyes: with PIRA (an organisation that killed his father)...well I'd call that a magnanimous and highly commendable act of reaching out on his part. I sure as sh1te wouldn't have been able to do it. That some clowns within the support base, playing staff etc of teams he plays and associates with then throw it back in his face is pettiness in the extreme at best.Quote:
Originally Posted by bennocelt
yeah sure fair enoughQuote:
Originally Posted by Lionel Ritchie
just that people shouldnt be naive about it, i mean what did he expect, and it is the GAA for chriss sakes
just that people shouldnt be so naiive like yourself:rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by Dodge
Please point out where I've been naive...
Benno Celt there is no call to introduce that type of UDR sh'ite in here.
There is absolutly no report from Darren that any abuse was thrown into his face other than derog references to his religion over the years.
Darren is very well known and is well respected around Fermanagh. Despite that, this abuse has been going for years directed at him without enough if any pro action.
That is an indictment in itself.
Any person has the right to participate in sports without sectarian/racist sledging from other players and abuse from so called fans in the park.
The measures that exist to protect players were not practised. The refs ignored it, the clubs ignored it, his own club, Lisnaskea, made a bizzarre statement afterwards even though the player himself said that his team mates are totally behind him.
It's the Lisnaskea club's responsibilty to deal with this sort of thing with effect when it comes into their park and when it is directed at one of their players on other grounds they should be the first to highlight it.