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Itchy I already said county level is £1m a year!
There wouldn't be a senior team in Tyrone not spending £50k a year, or Down, or Derry........even the clubs with an in house man at the front back them with everything they need.
On physios.......say they charge £25 per appt and £50 match cover which are both very reasonable.........even only 4 appts per week (if you head down to your local pitch a physio will be there for hours) is £150 a week for 9 or 10 months which os £6k.........some clubs have 2 physios.......use outside physios for bigger injuries......use rehabilitation gyms.......have massuese available.

Listen I am only highlighting what is going on and the industry that has been built around GAA. Sure the Cavan backroom team announced just reinforced it. And top clubs aren't far off that level.

Not saying its right or wrong but over the last 10 years this has built and built and you cannot put the genie back in the bottle....

By the looks of things yous are about to find out how much it is to run a team Itchy.......a team with no chance of winning anything major!

50k to cover
Manager
Coach
Physio
S&C
Nutritionist
Mri scans
An operation or 2 a year

Look round most clubs next time you play a match and see how many people are on the sideline.......even some junior clubs would surprise you.

Most senior clubs with any ambition are spending way more than that.

200million breakdown
Most counties spend 1m on their football and hurling teams........fire in ladies football and camogie and round each county to 2m so that's £64M.......spent on Managerial and player expenses
There are approx 2500 clubs all spending between 10k and 100k on managerial and player expenses (not mileage but looking after injuries etc) so even an average of 50k gets you to £125m which makes it £189m
To mangers and backroom.
County players
S&C Coaches
Physios
Nutritionists
Psychologist
Massues
Catering
Etc

It all adds up

I would love to ask Joe how he gets the time to do everything......he must not need much sleep.
He has a demanding job
He must be an avid reader and keeping himself up to date with current affairs
He obviously loves sport
He loves the craic, a few pints seems to be the norm and a but of riding lol
Does he get hangovers.
Very interesting man who is very persuasive in his opinions.
Don't agree with a lot of things on GAA matters e.g.. Shane MCGuigan and that then makes me second guess his opinions on more serious matters that I don't know much about.....
Love the podcast with Dion.......and I do think he would be a great politician

Well Jim would have to give up an awful lot to be Donegal manager and its not a very secure job.......the backroom boys would be getting a bit as well......maybe £25k each
Same everywhere though.......but sure they deserve it for the amount of time involved

I am glad to see Jim back with Donegal.....they will be as good as they can be!
I would imagine he will join the £100k a year bracket that would currently include Harte, McGeeney, Tally.
Over £50k would be McEntee Antrim and McEntee Sligo, McConville, Devlin at Louth etc.......
Though clubs are paying massive amounts now too.
Between county and club, football and hurling I would imagine the brown bag economy is around the 200 million a year mark.......that's probably more money than swirling around all of the professional sports in Ireland put together!

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Surely if Derry Tyrone and Monaghan all win it is the same scenario as Mayo Cork and Kerry?

Anyway I will go for Dublin Derry Armagh and Kerry

No more tinkering.....play the best team. Donegal have improved so this is a 50/50 game. Maybe an Ulster Derby is what Tyrone need to spark a performance:
Morgan
Mckernan
McNamee
Hampsey
Quinn
Burns
Harte
Kennedy
Kilpatrick
Mcgeary
Daragh C
Meyler
McCurry
Donnelly
Ruairi C

Galway won the league game comfortably and will probably repeat that.

Ulster Council, Derry County Board and Croke Park met yesterday and outcome was to carry on as normal as this is a private matter

At Derry training everything is carrying on as normal.

Unless something new is presented RG will be there on Sunday.

Will he carry on as normal and will the spectators?

Do people just want to move on now and talk about football? Hope it all goes away.........the statement doesn't deny any of the accusations. By just moving on and toughing it out we are all going to be silently complicit. Is that the outcome we want?

Mayo will go full out to win on Sunday. They will be big favourites to beat Roscommon anyway.........and even if they don't a break before the all ireland group stages wouldn't be the end of the world......whatever way they go about it they will make the last 8!

Will put this on this thread.
Donegal knew for a while that Declan Bonner was going to step away but didn't have a succession plan.
This will probably be Logan/Dooher last year, maybe McGeeny......where do those counties turn next? There are not too many candidates