GAA Response to Coronavirus

[Itchy]

How were Donegal allowed play Mayo in a challenge yesterday, in Sligo?

Intercounty is classified as an "elite" sport, subject to different rules.

[Itchy]

Heard that.
What's the problem?
Games on in most Counties this weekend.

That game shouldn't be going ahead would be the problem.

Why not exactly?

Still awaiting covid test results.

If someone is a contact and is awaiting the results of a test then they should be isolating, they should not be playing sport. If the Offaly county boards are implying that people should play sports then they are well out of order. But they are probably implying that the team should field without the affected player and this is what is bugging the manager.

But if we look at other side of this, player A is injured and needs a week or 2 to get right. Develop a cough, get a doc to send you for a test and game is called off. I dont think sport can proceed unless only a sizeable cluster in a region is allowed postpone a game.

[Smokin Joe]

I think what has happened in Armagh has shown how difficult it is going to be run a competitive inter county season.

During the summer as soon as there was a positive case, the club "shut down" and all the squad members were sent off to test. The Armagh County Board facilitated the postponement of all of these games; which is probably the correct thing to do given the circumstances.
But as it's getting down to the sharp end of the season and time is running out there has been real friction between trying to "force" teams to play the game when they have players being tested or self isolating and calling the games off.

Are the GAA really clear in their own mind what will happen if a team has a positive case in the run up to the game?  Will they force a team to play, regardless?

If they do, this has a number of dangers; one of which is that there may be other team members asymptomatic and so will the opposition be happy to play them.
Or the possibility, which is way more serious is that a positive player may not tell the management he is postive as he doesn't want to miss out. Or is there the potential for the management to keep quiet that a really key player is positive?

If games are going to be forced to be played, the above is a possibility, and if they can be postponed then there is a strong possibility the thing will never get finished; as appears to be the case in Armagh at the minute.

[imtommygunn]

Very well socially distanced crowd at the cork final.

(Agree with above. Bit of a mess.)

[Rossfan]

Talk of all 26 Counties going to Level 3 or even Level 4

[Sportacus]

You are spot.  There's a big onus on club committees to do the right thing if they learn of a positive.  But what is the right thing to do?  In North the PHA are only recommending that rest of squad be careful, but they don't need to isolate, whereas many will think a 14 day shut down is necessary.  God help committees at the moment.
Level 5 in the South would shut down the whole show?

I think what has happened in Armagh has shown how difficult it is going to be run a competitive inter county season.

During the summer as soon as there was a positive case, the club "shut down" and all the squad members were sent off to test. The Armagh County Board facilitated the postponement of all of these games; which is probably the correct thing to do given the circumstances.
But as it's getting down to the sharp end of the season and time is running out there has been real friction between trying to "force" teams to play the game when they have players being tested or self isolating and calling the games off.

Are the GAA really clear in their own mind what will happen if a team has a positive case in the run up to the game?  Will they force a team to play, regardless?

If they do, this has a number of dangers; one of which is that there may be other team members asymptomatic and so will the opposition be happy to play them.
Or the possibility, which is way more serious is that a positive player may not tell the management he is postive as he doesn't want to miss out. Or is there the potential for the management to keep quiet that a really key player is positive?

If games are going to be forced to be played, the above is a possibility, and if they can be postponed then there is a strong possibility the thing will never get finished; as appears to be the case in Armagh at the minute.

[Captain Obvious]

Talk of all 26 Counties going to Level 3 or even Level 4

Level 5 reported now for tomorrow. That will end the slim hope for the NFL and Championship to be played in a few weeks.

[sid waddell]

Talk of all 26 Counties going to Level 3 or even Level 4

Level 5 reported now for tomorrow. That will end the slim hope for the NFL and Championship to be played in a few weeks.

Why?

Play the damn games whenever they can be played

If that means the championship can't start until late November or December and the championship has to be pushed into January or February or even March, so be it

The reality is that the GAA will have a problem scheduling any games for the foreseeable future, therefore it must play them when it can, whenever that is

[tonto1888]

What does level 5 mean?

[laoislad]

What does level 5 mean?

https://www.gov.ie/en/publication/2dc71-level-5/

[imtommygunn]

Talk of all 26 Counties going to Level 3 or even Level 4

Level 5 reported now for tomorrow. That will end the slim hope for the NFL and Championship to be played in a few weeks.

Why?

Play the damn games whenever they can be played

If that means the championship can't start until late November or December and the championship has to be pushed into January or February or even March, so be it

The reality is that the GAA will have a problem scheduling any games for the foreseeable future, therefore it must play them when it can, whenever that is

Agreed. Winter the wrong time so push into next year.

[Blowitupref]

Well done to all the counties that managed to get their club championship finished. The last time the government applied these restrictions it took two months for some of them to be eased.

[RedHand88]

They shouldn't be making county players train through this farce.

[dublin7]

Very well socially distanced crowd at the cork final.

(Agree with above. Bit of a mess.)

Cork Co. Board learned their lesson. Videos went around twitter during the week of Glanmire winning the minor football final. Stand was packed with no social distancing.

At this stage they should just cancel the rest of the season once the club championships are completed. Dublin is in lock down, Cork should be in lock down and cases are going up all over the country. It's only a matter of time before games get called off due to players getting Covid-19

[Angelo]

As well put a pin in the Championship for 2020, see if they can get the 2 rounds of the league finished off though.