I have a genuine query County Player - are some of these 'expenses' that are paid by the government in the shape of a top-up on your mileage rate which is already paid by the county board
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Show posts MenuQuote from: orangeman on August 21, 2008, 12:10:46 PMQuote from: amallon on August 21, 2008, 10:01:54 AM
Its very interesting viewing but you got to wonder about the mentality of the player who recorded it. Should he not have been thinking about the second half instead of videoing Davy. I must say he has balls because if Fitz had seen him there would have been war. The same guy has a second video up of a team talk from John Egan.
I'd say this lad was 15th sub and wasn't getting on unless everybody else on the sub bench were shot by a passing motorist ! He wasn't thinking about the 2nd half at all - why would he ?
Quote from: Rossfan on April 13, 2008, 01:51:55 PM
So we'll now have two rounds of qualifiers before the real action starts.
Then two more rounds to get to the Quarter Finals.
The reason why the thing was changed in the first place was 1- to get rid of a load of meaningless and often one sided games and 2- to make more Summer weekends available for club games.
I presume Counties will now NOT want to partake on the TM Cup as it will be a tournamnet for twice beaten dockets.
At least in 2007 and 2008 it was a genuine competition for weaker Counties and could probably have been improved in status if the winners were let back in to say Round 3 of the Qualifiers.
Now we go down the route of hurling by adopting systems and abandoning them every year or two as some County and Martin Breheny take a dislike to some aspect.
Quote from: ziggysego on April 03, 2008, 03:06:24 AM
Maybe it's because it's late at night and I can't sleep, but is anyone else suspicious about the timing of this piece? I mean a few days after the soccer semi-final in Belfast and the following attack by suspected Linfield supporters.
Quote from: Bensars on April 02, 2008, 12:58:46 PM
Im from a town and played both. First love was gaelic.
The option was always there. Never had an impact.
I get the point the your trying to make, however the continuing success of the GAA will not depend on the number of Unionists prepared to play Gaelic games.
The inner city has never been the stronghold of the GAA. probably never will, however there is life outside of cities whereby the GAA is the fabric of the community.
Why all the crying about getting unionists involved? What about those who in their thousands will be looking for Ulster final tickets or all ireland tickets.
what about getting them involved.
IMO there is far too much political correctness about. Change all these rules at the slightest hint that someone may be offended ( who by the way , most likely will find something else to be offended by ) and it still wont make a blind bit of difference.
As i said earlier, an oppurtunist piece by Mr Bradley
Quote from: orangeman on April 02, 2008, 09:46:03 AMQuote from: Bensars on April 01, 2008, 11:01:03 PM
Anything that gets a budding journalist column inches and the name into the mainstream. ( And to the BBC as well, as if they had'nt a big enough stick already )
What will be next for Mr Bradley, the GAAs inability provide the immigrant population with tickets for the All Ireland final ?
Agreed Bensars and as someone said earlier this sort of shite really sickens my hole ! ( I think that was Pints )
Quote from: Mentalman on April 01, 2008, 05:48:32 PM
There was a whole discussion about this over on the non-GAA discussion section previously with some of our friends from OWC, and I think the upshot was that a lot of the preamble to the rule book would have to be altered in order for unionists not to take offence, which I think a lot of people didn't really mind? This point :QuoteWhenever the protestant schools start to play gaelic, perhaps we could take these comments more seriously
has a lot of validity, as during one of those discussions it was proven that to play GAA sports at school you don't need to be a member of the GAA, as it comes under the control of the Cumann na mBĂșnscoil, so there was no perceived impediment, other than a distaste for Gaelic culture of course. As came up in that debate, there's a better chance of kids in Warwickshire playing GAA then most schools in the six counties.
Quote from: Lar Naparka on March 24, 2008, 06:29:50 PM
You are right of course. This whole process of negotiation did not happen without the knowledge of the GAA, but the running was done by the GPA.
That's what I meant by "active involvement."
My memory is a little hazy but I think that agreement was signed after the threat of an immediate players' strike was lifted. (95% + in favour, as I recall.)
Quote from: Lar Naparka on March 22, 2008, 07:15:19 PM
I don't recall the GAA authorities being actively involved until the deal was done and dusted. I may be wrong but the running was left entirely to Farrell and friends throughout the negotiations with the Govt. side.
Quote from: slow corner back on March 19, 2008, 04:47:44 PM
In that case if the players are not picking up mileage expenses what expenses are they picking up?
Quote from: slow corner back on March 19, 2008, 04:21:52 PM
The irish news is saying today that the new scheme replaces the current expenses paid out by county bords and will save the GAA 3.5 million in team expenses. It also says that the mileage rate goes up to the same as a civil servant from 0.50 to Euro 1.20 per mile. However it makes a point of saying that players with cars do well while those without will not be much better off. If this does end up as an improved mileage scheme and players having to provide evidence before claiming any expenses then I think it is fair enough and a million miles from pay per play or a no questions asked grant scheme.