Dublin's organic advantages
1. Population
2. Club championship and standard
3. Culture/tradition/heritage
Dublin's inorganic advantages
1. Finance
2. Home advantage
Marry the two and you get what you have. It's not as if they have fantastic infrastructure (a shithole for a stadium, no centre of excellence etc). You would expect to see massive growth in participation levels and new clubs growing by the dozen but you don't. Our money goes on developing their players first through their clubs and then their development squads and finally the elite support team Jim Gavin has assembled.
We are told this waa a great plan, every county should do the same, it's all spin and bolloxology.
Take away the money, home advantage and Dublin will still be competitive, that's the crux. Con O'Callaghan is a product of nuture and there is only dozens more on the way.
This is a national problem, a weak minded media will do nothing, afterall where is there biggest market?