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"I haven't pulled out the recent accounts but I remember seeing a couple of years ago 40, 50, 60million of cash reserves and a balance sheet of €100million. I'm an accountant, I know this stuff.

"For an amateur organisation owned by the members, owned by the people that are lining pitches, by people in every club up and down the country, for me that looks like a very healthy position."

"I previously worked with a lot of soccer organisations, a lot of them go bust all the time and haven't got 2p to rub together. For me, the GAA is in a very healthy financial position, they're acquiring lots of strategic assets all over the country.

All of these comments are still not consistent with his initial statement in which he said, "the GAA is one of the richest organisations in the world."

Furthermore, Burns' comments - if I recall correctly - talked about a turnover in the region of 140 million Euro, and a context in which the GAA will be expected to contribute somewhere in the region of 500 million Euro in the coming years to a range of major GAA projects across the country.

I don't think Cavanagh's response does much to justify his initial comments, nor rebuff Burns' criticism.

He left out "amateur".
Any idea what the €500 million refers to? Every Euro invested will have to be funded by patrons via tickets , cf Supervalu PuC. Ireland has 3 economies- the North, the multinational south and the domestic economy of the South and only one of these economies is working . GAA fans come from the 2 dysfunctional economies.

You mean not providing free entertainment to casual armchair followers of gaelic games ?

No I mean there's elderly people, gave their life to GAA, not well enough to go to games that can't afford to pay and families can't afford it or to take crowd kids to a local pub.

What size do you think that very specific demographic is?

I don't known. Even a few is too many.

Is it really though?

Not to you obviously

I don't believe there is a significant cohort who as you say:

1) Are elderly
2) Gave their life to the GAA
3) Are too sick to go to games
4) Cannot afford to go to a game
5) Family cannot afford to buy them a ticket
6) Family will not take them to the pub to see it.

This is the sentimental nonsense Jarlath Burns was talking about.

The GAA isn't very good at dealing with constructive criticism. This goes back at least as far as the Sky deal. You will eat it and you will like it.  Older people should be able to pay cash at turnstiles.
The issue of older people and technology is regularly aired in the media with reference to phone queues and customer service. Not everyone has a mobile phone or knows their way around apps.

The GAA is part of the national conversation. It is more than sport. People are living longer and not necessarily in good health as well .  People in nursing homes might want to watch hurling instead of another Dublin procession   Why can't the GAA have a rational system instead of fixing everything at the start and never deviating from it? 

The condensed season with all the extra matches in a shorter period of time is the real problem. It's hard to keep up with what is happening and not everything can be televised. GAA people have developed expectations about what will be available. And the football product isn't what it used to be either.

He can hold his own that boy.

Sean Cavanagh    Looking to get himself noticed again.

No one is saying that the likes of a streaming service is not a revenue builder, before streaming we still had reasons to generate money, but some matches like Saturday night with everything on the line for Cork at home against the reigning champions needs viewed free

Is Gaago owned by RTE or the GAA?

They need to decide on an ongoing basis which matches to broadcast live instead of fixing everything before the championship starts.

Dublin needs to be split into as many counties needed to get the leinster championship competitive again

Would you do the same with Kerry to make Munster competitive?

only if they win 6 in a row

https://www.rte.ie/sport/football/2024/0513/1448909-cavanagh-clarifies-gaa-comments-after-burns-riposte/

I haven't pulled out the recent accounts but I remember seeing a couple of years ago 40, 50, 60million of cash reserves and a balance sheet of €100million. I'm an accountant, I know this stuff.

"For an amateur organisation owned by the members, owned by the people that are lining pitches, by people in every club up and down the country, for me that looks like a very healthy position.

"I previously worked with a lot of soccer organisations, a lot of them go bust all the time and haven't got 2p to rub together. For me, the GAA is in a very healthy financial position, they're acquiring lots of strategic assets all over the country.

42 wins in a row
14 titles in a row.

"Thoroughly enjoyable win.
Time for the Meaths and Kildares to get up to Dublin's pitch" says John Casey

If a small county like Louth can run the Dubs as close then Meath and Kildare should be able to do the same.

Dublin needs to be split into as many counties needed to get the leinster championship competitive again

I'd like to see a number of new faces start against Westmeath, and give others a break. Not taking Westmeath lightly, but we should still have enough to win whilst resting players for remaining matches.

So rest Andy Murnin, Rian O'Neill, Ryan Grugan, Aidan Forker, Aaron McKay and Stefan Campbell,

Start Jason Duffy, Tiaran Kelly, Aidan Nugent, Shane McPartlan, Connaire Mackin, Jarley Og Burns and Barry McCambridge (Well, start 6 out of those 7).

Wasn't tiernan Kelly the player who gave the most to the shemozzle during the Armagh Galway qf in 2022 ?

So it's Armagh back with Galway and Westmeath.

Penalties

Brought to you by the short season.

It's a shame a majority of Dublin Supporters won't be able to say ''I was there when Dublin won 14 in a row Leinsters'' 

I doubt even most of them watched it on the TV.

63 in total
So the competition used to be competitive

1884 or so to 2004 = 44 in c 120 years
Vs 19 in 20 = Fake

42 wins in a row
14 titles in a row.

"Thoroughly enjoyable win.
Time for the Meaths and Kildares to get up to Dublin's pitch" says John Casey

Level after 52 minutes

How many go out of the group stages?

Bottom team in Leinster relegated, top 2 in each province in final, third plays a prelim QF V Joe McDonagh finalists

Neil McManus was asked what needs to change on TSG yesterday and he said stop relegating teams. Make the hurling pool bigger.

3-28 to 3-26