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Has the season been cancelled yet? I cannot believe our press office have not made a statement, talk about leaving lads in limbo

A conundrum for me this week.

Like many others I was aghast at the club championship celebrations across Ireland - not the on-pitch ones, they're outdoors and relatively transient, but the pubs and clubs jammed full of young people drinking from cups, sharing mics, dancing, singing - basically the "what not do to" guide to Covid.

So I was in support of the GAA's "shut the lot down" announcement.

But looking at the news across the world since then. Scotland has some GAA. The north of England too. There's probably a club or two in Madrid and Paris, and maybe a league of some description in Germany. It's doubtful there's much GAA happens in Turkey or Poland. And oddly enough, apart from Scotland and England, the same "go to the indoor pub and get bladdered weekly" stereotype isn't prominent.

So I'm now around to thinking that it might be time to stop scapegoating GAA members, and especially the Association as an administrative body, and accept that if cases are rising across Europe, then what has happened in Ireland the past week isn't on the GAA.

What is going to happen will happe!  Its madness stopping everything and communities are actually starting to turn on each other. Oh look at him not wearing a mask, oh look at them hugging after a match, oh look at him having a pint with his mates , Fecking grow up people,

Covid is here to stay, we cannot hide away, we need some sort of normality!

Stephen Nolan running around a forecourt last night, did you ever see the like of that in your life?

Do you think there would be much objection by clubs if the leagues , reserve championships and hurling be scraped to 2021. I just do not see the appetite there anymore. Burren have a chance to win the league but I do not think there would be too much lost sleep over it. It would be hard on Clonduff who are in the league final and going for their first of silverware in a generation. What are the views from the hurling snobs? why did the senior hurling go ahead and not the other grades?

Are the rumours true that gaa will be halted today after a meeting in the afternoon? Did anyone hear this?

what happened the point yesterday?

I believe clubs are looking for guidance from croke park and would be happy with a halt to the season. The gaa intercounty season could continue with no  spectators but club games are giving us bad press at the minute and something we don't need. The GAA was brilliant during lockdown but all that good work is being done away with.  The GAA need to lead again on this.

Does anyone know what protocol there is for remainder of league if a club is shut due to covid? Do they forfeit the match. At the minute I know that the Bridge and Saul are closed.Are there any others?

The rules are you've 72 hours to play the game, if you can't due to covid you forfeit the points

thanks

Anyone know if there is u21 football this season?

Does anyone know what protocol there is for remainder of league if a club is shut due to covid? Do they forfeit the match. At the minute I know that the Bridge and Saul are closed.Are there any others?

The reserve championship begin this week and I don't think any club would be too disappointed if the are scrapped due to the increasing covid problem. I think it would show leadership by county board to stop it. Limit contacts as much as possible.

Young ones  partying is the main problem , they don't seem to care. I heard of 40 plus cases in Mayobridge area last week and it seems that every club in Down has cases and clubs are really worried. Taking the virus home to a sick granny or granda is when it will hit home.

Serious questions people, with the virus seemingly shutting down a lot of clubs in south Down and with it spreading. Can we see the leagues being finished? Do you think the county board will scrap the remaining league games and reserve championships? Will there be any outrage if this happens?

* Smurfy do not mention a team who has not won a major in 70 years with the traditional heavyweights in Down football, good man.

Quarantine the Bridge for 3 months

wobbler i understand why the co board have thrown them out but I wonder would this happen to the bigger established division 1 clubs in the county. If 3 kilcoo player gets covid on thursday and PHA say they are our for 7 days do you think they would get thrown out?

If RGU win their appeal what will happen the championship? Does anyone know this? It all looks like it could end in a shambles, with the county final not to 27th Sept there could have been a bit of leeway shown to RGU. There is no way this would have been done to Kilcoo, Burren, Bridge, Clonduff etc
Some things have to be called out and RGU are deservely getting sympathy as one of the postponements was not their fault and they showed empathy and support with Carryduff. Rgu have been expelled from SFC by our county board twice in 3 years, their PRO sounded defiant in irish news and rightly so