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GAA Discussion / Re: Sam Maguire 2024 Group 1 ...

Last post by Armagh18 - Today at 10:22:40 AM

I'd say it'll be tougher for ourselves and Mayo as provincial losers to pick ourselves up, ourselves especially given the nature of the defeat and the effort put in to winning a provincial. Very hard to mentally come back from that. Clare and Louth both gave encouraging performances as underdogs and will take a lot from their defeats and both have a good chance of getting out of the group.

#2

GAA Discussion / Re: GAA moneybags and Sean Cav...

Last post by lfdown2 - Today at 10:22:15 AM

Sean said he missed the word amateur as in they are a very rich amateur group.

Burns is turning into a politician. Of course they gaa are rich, whatever the offical figure is they are far richer.

Where do you think all the money comes from for brown envelopes

This makes zero sense. Have to seen the turnover figures and the amijbt that is required in the next while?

What brown envelopes to to who are you talking about?

The point is for an amateur organization to have cash reserves of tens of millions of pounds they can hardly call themselves poor.

If they care about raising revenue then wouldnt it be easier to drop the ticket prices a bit to encourage more attendance.

The brown envelopes are the payements made to every manager in the gaa, these arent exactly going through the books now are they.

I actually dont have an issue with paying for some games but for Burns to come out and justify it by saying we need the money while having large cash reserves is just wrong.

But surely its all relative, while (as far as I can see) at the end of 2023 there was 'cash' of circa €45,000,000 there are proposal capital projects of circa €500,000,000 in the coming years (if Burns is to be believed), as such having cash in the bank is irrelevant.

As intommygunn say, the brown envelope issue is a local issue and unfoirtunately all (or 99%) of our clubs (assuming most of us are members) are involved.

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GAA Discussion / Re: GAA moneybags and Sean Cav...

Last post by JoG2 - Today at 10:20:55 AM

Sean said he missed the word amateur as in they are a very rich amateur group.

Burns is turning into a politician. Of course they gaa are rich, whatever the offical figure is they are far richer.

Where do you think all the money comes from for brown envelopes

This makes zero sense. Have to seen the turnover figures and the amijbt that is required in the next while?

What brown envelopes to to who are you talking about?

The point is for an amateur organization to have cash reserves of tens of millions of pounds they can hardly call themselves poor.

If they care about raising revenue then wouldnt it be easier to drop the ticket prices a bit to encourage more attendance.

The brown envelopes are the payements made to every manager in the gaa, these arent exactly going through the books now are they.

I actually dont have an issue with paying for some games but for Burns to come out and justify it by saying we need the money while having large cash reserves is just wrong.

Surely they have to have cash reserves when they multiple projects to plan for annually?

The GAA has just offered €25 euro off when buying the Qualifier package...hopefully only the start (they really need to make the season ticket more attractive)

Brown envelopes within clubs, how is this relevant? That's between clubs and whoever fills those brown envelopes.. That's a discussion to be had but surely not relevant here?

[Galway struggled in the group.]

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GAA Discussion / Re: Sam Maguire 2024 Group 1 ...

Last post by JoG2 - Today at 10:16:05 AM

it will be interesting to see how each of the provincial winners cope with their first games, each of the winners last year all struggled with the first game of the group. Kerry lost to Mayo, Derry were flat against Monaghan, Galway struggled in the group. Psychological difficult after winning a championship to lift yourself immediately for a new competition.

Galway won their first 2 group games, indeed they didn't lose a game (by a point, with a 2 week break) until 6 weeks after they won Connacht

#5

GAA Discussion / Re: GAA moneybags and Sean Cav...

Last post by imtommygunn - Today at 10:12:37 AM

The brown envelope thing is on clubs though.

The GAA are not a poor organisation however there are significant overheads as Burns is pointing to so they continually need to be on the ball with generating revenue etc.

#6

GAA Discussion / Re: GAA moneybags and Sean Cav...

Last post by tyrone08 - Today at 10:10:52 AM

Sean said he missed the word amateur as in they are a very rich amateur group.

Burns is turning into a politician. Of course they gaa are rich, whatever the offical figure is they are far richer.

Where do you think all the money comes from for brown envelopes

This makes zero sense. Have to seen the turnover figures and the amijbt that is required in the next while?

What brown envelopes to to who are you talking about?

The point is for an amateur organization to have cash reserves of tens of millions of pounds they can hardly call themselves poor.

If they care about raising revenue then wouldnt it be easier to drop the ticket prices a bit to encourage more attendance.

The brown envelopes are the payements made to every manager in the gaa, these arent exactly going through the books now are they.

I actually dont have an issue with paying for some games but for Burns to come out and justify it by saying we need the money while having large cash reserves is just wrong.

#7

General discussion / Re: Things that make you go Wh...

Last post by Taylor - Today at 10:05:47 AM

At least one woman in NYC was caught flashing their t**s

#8

GAA Discussion / Re: Gaelic Football - Rules & ...

Last post by JoG2 - Today at 09:59:07 AM

The Kerry minor goalie gave away a penalty last night for overcarrying.
I've never seen a goalie give away a penalty before for a technical foul.

Penalty only if it happened in the small square (technical foul) , same for any defending player. If he over carries in the big square it's a 13m free in, obviously aggressive fouls anywhere inside the small / big square is a penalty

[1.5 When the ball has not been caught, it may be bounced more than once in succession]

#9

GAA Discussion / Re: Gaelic Football - Rules & ...

Last post by Milltown Row2 - Today at 09:54:36 AM

1.5 When the ball has not been caught, it may be bounced more than once in succession


I would love to see some lad dribbling basketball style up the field and burying the ball into the back of the net.

The reason you don't see it is because he'd be tackled, the ball is more exposed, thus making it easier.

This does bring about some moans from the sidelines with cries of double bounce

#10

GAA Discussion / Re: Sam Maguire 2024 Group 1 ...

Last post by shawshank - Today at 09:52:19 AM

it will be interesting to see how each of the provincial winners cope with their first games, each of the winners last year all struggled with the first game of the group. Kerry lost to Mayo, Derry were flat against Monaghan, Galway struggled in the group. Psychological difficult after winning a championship to lift yourself immediately for a new competition.