GPA exceptionalism

[Eamonnca1]

The GAA was boasting about how much money they made last year.

Where?

[tiempo]

Official GAA/GPA ready meals

https://www.gaelicplayers.com/nutriquick-partners-with-gaa-gpa-to-launch-new-range-with-brand-ambassadors-brian-howard-and-nicola-ward/

Generate money for those already grant funded in the elite bubble by marketing to the grassroots (overwhelming majority) outside the bubble

Textbook cognitive dissonance

Make it stop

[Rossfan]

The GAA was boasting about how much money they made last year.

Where?

Annual Report.
I'm delighted they're going well financially.

[tiempo]

We'd be lost without QUANGOs

https://www.gaelicplayers.com/gpa-meet-with-the-taoiseach-on-indecon-report/

[tiempo]

Shameless attempt to interfere with delegate voting intention

https://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/arid-41588071.html

[Armagh18]

Shameless attempt to interfere with delegate voting intention

https://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/arid-41588071.html

Am i missing something? GPA are dead right.

[tiempo]

The GPA has a stick up its ass trying to run an IRFU style centralised elite programme for amateur enthusiasts with nothing better to do than cry wolf (wellbeing/victims) at every opportunity.

Wall to wall drivel

The nature of elite-level sport means players are constantly carrying physical load from one environment to another. A strain sustained in a gym session could stem from cumulative fatigue built up in training. A player completing a running session on a track or road may already be managing soreness from a previous pitch session. The complexity of injuries in a high-performance setting is broad.

[BigGreenField]

Shameless attempt to interfere with delegate voting intention

https://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/arid-41588071.html

Am i missing something? GPA are dead right.

I'd say if you get injured in the gym or running track it's because the individual has exceeded their knowledge or capacity, ie their own fault. Particularly this applies for elite sports folk which is what the GPA tell us applies.

Tiempo is also right, it's an amateur hobbysport, full time medical care for a grade 2 hamstring for a lad who sits in an office is an unnecessary drain on resources that could be better applied elsewhere.

[tiempo]

Lads in their 30s in full time employment picking up student grants, on top of mileage, nutrition and gear

Student teachers aye why not, but lads doing post-grad, cop on

Laughing all the way to the bank

https://www.gaelicplayers.com/32-education-champion-scholarships-announced-by-the-gaelic-players-association-and-the-irish-american-partnership/

[twohands!!!]

Lads in their 30s in full time employment picking up student grants, on top of mileage, nutrition and gear

Student teachers aye why not, but lads doing post-grad, cop on

Laughing all the way to the bank

https://www.gaelicplayers.com/32-education-champion-scholarships-announced-by-the-gaelic-players-association-and-the-irish-american-partnership/

$4,000 each (£3,095 or €3,680) isn't exactly making out like bandits.

Having a teacher who is a GAA player in a school can be absolutely massive.
My nephew and niece were telling me that P.E. in their school had gone rubbish in their primary school since the one male teacher who was on staff (who was a handy club player, but nothing more) headed away to Dubai during the summer. It's only a small country school and none of the other staff are anywhere near to as sporty. I definitely wouldn't be begruding this to any of them. You sure you don't have any Cavan ancestry?

[tiempo]

To award a student grant to a full time paid teacher doing CPD makes a mockery of the grant, their uplift will come via their salary if/when they successfully complete the CPD

x2 A list county men in their 30s there clearly chosen to give the GPA the sxe appeal and medja exposure they crave - awarded to full time professionals because of their profile (top 1% of the top 1%) - therefore denying a legitimate grant to another undergraduate candidate with a greater need i.e. not on a full time professional teaching salary

The GPA is a face fits line yer pockets model

[Rossfan]

Jases "tiempo" are you able to sleep at night at all  worrying about the GPA and perks for County players

[tiempo]

I dunno, this week alone

- interference with LGFA delegate voting intention (anti-democratic)
- overly liberal application of the term elite sportsperson to the point they're pursuing a funding scam (that they're already knee deep in)
- issuing statements to apply pressure on provincial councils regarding the selection of venues for provincial competitions
- masquerading as a QUANGO
- issuing student grants to full time paid professionals on CPD training

Recent past

- overseas junket dressed up as a tree planting expedition
- issuing a report that peddled so much bull that to call it napkin maths would be a compliment, and used this as a basis to seek increased grants
- successfully lobbied for cancellation of (provincial) pre-season competitions for player welfare reasons but silent over training ban breaches, having previously lobbied that cancelling pre-season competitions was a player welfare concern
- vested in the GAA and amateur ethos but polling their members on amateur status

You could say my interest is piqued and it merits discussion from time to time

[DuffleKing]

Did Donal og eat your cornflakes Tiempo?

[tiempo]

Corn pops