GAA will have to pay the players "expenses"

[paul_oshea]

The Dublin county board backed Thomas Davis. There's a press release about if you have access to the internet

G.A.A HQ

everyone knows the county boards act independently, heck if the Roscommon county board didnt do what they did, we would having been watching wales in anfield

though these smiley things are great dodge aren't they

[paul_oshea]

Are there any financially poor administrators in Croke Park? Football facilities up and down the country would match the GAA if we weren't spending any money on players, put any wages we did spend on administrators, and had the political support that gave such capital grants as the GAA gets.

I don't know about this, and I dont think you do either, as who knows how much of a difference a said money would make, more importantly we havent seen the accounts of individual clubs from either code, I will admit though it certainly would have made a difference Anyway do the FAI play individual players wages?

OH and, I cant answer about any other county, but the grants handed out this year to association football clubs in roscommon far outweighed those to the G.A.A clubs.

[OneRedArmy]

Paul the GAA as an entity is not just Central Council, it is also the members, clubs, county boards and provincial councils.

Also, I think its a fairly safe assumption to make that if soccer was amateur its facilities would be better.

[WeAreRovers]

paul o'shea, here's two links where Nickey Brennan himself put his 2 cents in over Tallaght. Be under no illusion that GAA HQ aren't behind this land grab.


Indo - "There is the question of whether Tallaght would be used for juvenile matches but that's not really a solution to it. So obviously we are disappointed. I don't want to say too much in relation to Tallaght situation because it is the subject of legal proceedings but yes we have expressed our disappointment."

http://www.unison.ie/irish_independe...issue_id=15333

GAA press release - "The President, Nickey Brennan, confirmed that he had met with the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism, Mr John O’Donoghue. He said that he had raised issues such as Grants for GAA players, the Development at Tallaght, Lansdowne Road and Abbotstown with the Minister. He stated that he had been informed that planning permission for Lansdowne Road was expected by the end of July."

http://www.gaa.ie/plugins/matchfeed...._data_id=12923

KOH

[kingdom hoop]

Paul the GAA as an entity is not just Central Council, it is also the members, clubs, county boards and provincial councils.

So won't those mentioned have a say in where the €5m is diverted? Especially as if the money comes in it'll be in a different account, as JO'D says;

"This funding can be provided either through the existing Sport Capital Programme in respect of prioritised infrastructural projects or through additional funding by the Irish Sports Council in respect of games development. A combination of both may also be applied and the GAA have been aware of this position for some time."

'Reimbursing' inter-county players won't come under those headings. It very much looks like the GAA were just chancing their arm. As it stands they've bought themselves plenty of time. Delaying the inevitable though probably. But they'll just manage to screw the GPA now somehow.

[Jerry The Saint]

Can someone send me an official document where the G.A.A publicly endorsed the tallaght thingie?!

http://www.unison.ie/irish_independe...issue_id=14049

Tallaght talks fall short

GAA president Nicky Brennan's first meeting with Sports Minister John O'Donoghue has failed to advance the GAA's cause in relation to the proposed use of the new Tallaght stadium.

Brennan and a number of GAA officials met with O'Donoghue in Croke Park but the Minister remained steadfast in his opinion that Tallaght should be preserved as a home for Shamrock Rovers and should not be accessible to local GAA teams in the area.

A judicial review of South Dublin County Council's decision to make Tallaght a soccer only ground is expected in June.

The GAA declined to expand on their meeting with O'Donoghue but are known to be disappointed with the outcome. St Patrick's Athletic have been touted for a possible ground share with Shamrock Rovers at Tallaght but there is mounting opposition in Inchicore to that proposition. Over 2,000 signatures opposing any such move have been procured by a movement called 'Pat's for Richmond'.

The ground share concept for Dublin based eircom league clubs comes under the remit of the Genesis report and Tallaght has been earmarked for that.

Good article that.

[geysir]

Did the good folks at St Pats eventually get to learn how to use a spirit level and even out that slope at Richmond pk?

Theres a couple of interpretations to that opening article contained in Dodge's post. Nicky Brennan isn't exactly enamoured with the GPA. He has received an undertaking from the GPA that if the Gov. turn down the proposals then that's it, end of story, the GPA shut up.
The other interpretation is that this Gov statement
'I have indicated that I am prepared to make funding available, on an annual basis, which will facilitate the GAA in freeing up existing monies within the Association to meet the additional costs of agreed player welfare supports in the event that an agreement is reached between the GAA and the GPA on the issue of additional player welfare supports.'

means the Gov. will pay you the money you need, in another way.

It's not just Corkies who are being ridden rock solid

[blackholesun]

JOD has no choice, paying the GAA mens and not paying their ladies or camogie or hokey or basketball or rugby will open an explosive can of worms ...

Good man John, stick to your guns!

Amatuer games my arse!

bhs

[pete]

The government is going to pay the GAA players, they just want it dressed up as different funding to protect themselves from claims by other sports.

[paul_oshea]

pete, ya thats it its just a grant and let the GAA sort it out for themselves. it really is going to open up a can of worms.

[Ash]

Finally, very good point the G.A.A do fear about
amateurism, its the beauty of the game, if it turns professional you would have
the likes of schevenko being bought to play for Roscommon by Sean Mulryan.
Hold on a sec, that would be deadly

Not if your opponents bought John O'Shea, seeing that he has more league goals than Schevenko this season

[Lim till i die]

Football facilities up and down the country would match the GAA if we weren't spending any money on players, put any wages we did spend on administrators, and had the political support that gave such capital grants as the GAA gets.

Why sir, you make the rather daft assumption that football in this country is run competently