Offally U14 Shenanigans

[Baile Brigín 2]

And what makes sligo rovers for example more professional than Offaly GAA at u14/u15. Nothing I would say unless sligo rovers are paying the children that sign their contract, which they aren't. A few lads playing on the sligo minor team that won connacht last year told rovers where to stick their contract and I'd say have no regrets.

What makes the professional  setup more professional than the amateur one?

[Itchy]

And what makes sligo rovers for example more professional than Offaly GAA at u14/u15. Nothing I would say unless sligo rovers are paying the children that sign their contract, which they aren't. A few lads playing on the sligo minor team that won connacht last year told rovers where to stick their contract and I'd say have no regrets.

What makes the professional  setup more professional than the amateur one?

Only difference is 💰 yet the kids in soccer signing contracts dint get any. So yes, what is the difference?

[bigarsedkeeper]

Even within youth soccer setups in belgium, holland etc early specialisation in one sport is discouraged.

Anyone with any sort of background study of methodologies across sports will know this.

They're 100% right too but a lot of times the academies' run the other sports for their kids so they control that too. I remember reading that Ajax had basketball coaches working in their academy so it was worked into their timetable. I remember Birmingham or Villa sending academy lads to Gaelic football at one stage too.

I don't think any of the sports are completely right, there's always a bad example to be found. Rugby (in the north) would have been very against lads playing GAA (or anything else) when I was younger, but I've saw soccer clubs kick back against lads playing gaelic and visa versa too. There's GAA men want hurling stopped in their own clubs ffs.

They aren't on their own but Offaly got this one wrong.

[Rossfan]

Surprised Brigín hasn't been on breathlessly telling us about soccer fans misbehaving at a match in Dublin last night