Quote from: NAG1 on May 14, 2024, 01:05:54 PMQuote from: gallsman on May 14, 2024, 12:42:11 PMQuote from: Rufus T Firefly on May 14, 2024, 12:34:15 PMI think the issue was that the subject matter has the potential to be quite emotive - the conflict between needing to raise revenue and at the same time trying to ensure that the product is available to as large an audience as possible.
I thought Cavanagh's approach played on that emotion - the inference of the cold, cash hungry GAA denying many the right to see our games, in their pursuit of money.
It could not go unchallenged and the response was an extremely powerful put down.
This is absolutely the crux of it and what he was implying.
While making a buck out of it himself, does he not see the hypocrisy in his own position.
Any anyone from Tyrone raising the issue of brown envelopes has an absolute cheek with the number of their clubs even down the divisions engaging in it. As well as the number of Tyrone coaches all over the country happily taking these payments.
Burns was 100% right to slap thisQuote from: NAG1 on May 14, 2024, 01:05:54 PMdown.Quote from: gallsman on May 14, 2024, 12:42:11 PMQuote from: Rufus T Firefly on May 14, 2024, 12:34:15 PMI think the issue was that the subject matter has the potential to be quite emotive - the conflict between needing to raise revenue and at the same time trying to ensure that the product is available to as large an audience as possible.
I thought Cavanagh's approach played on that emotion - the inference of the cold, cash hungry GAA denying many the right to see our games, in their pursuit of money.
It could not go unchallenged and the response was an extremely powerful put down.
This is absolutely the crux of it and what he was implying.
While making a buck out of it himself, does he not see the hypocrisy in his own position.
Any anyone from Tyrone raising the issue of brown envelopes has an absolute cheek with the number of their clubs even down the divisions engaging in it. As well as the number of Tyrone coaches all over the country happily taking these payments.
Burns was 100% right to slap this down.
So no one can raise the issue of envelopes because their own county is at it? Bit of a stupid argument really. I can raise it and because my own county does it doesn't make it right.
I could raise its rich that Burns sets out stopping payments as one of his objectives considering armagh are playing kierarn a fortune for achieving nothing.
Bought time gaa addressed the issue and set a maximum limit. However this is a different discussion.