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Posted by: INDIANA
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Of course it benefits everybody. At 4m per game in Croke Park per full house when Dublin are there how do the other Leinster counties not benefit? Laois and a few others may hate us but I bet they havent refused any income generated on the back of this.

As for lazy analysis. Its called profile, profile, profile. Having a strong Dublin GAA scene helps promote the game to the largest urban centre in the country and beyond. It would be a disaster to have 1m people all following other codes because the GAA wasn't strong in Dublin.

And it would have a knock on effect elsewhere. It would allow other codes to dominate revenue wise and ensure the IRFU and the FAI had a free run of the city. They could then really focus on spreading to other counties where they dont have a prescence because they wouldnt have to worry about competing against the GAA in Dublin.

If people in Tyrone and elsewhere are stupid enough to think that rugby and soccer arent capable to setting up shop in their counties in a serious manner then they are away with the fairies.

Vodafone's sponsorship has ensured the likes of Bernard Brogan are plastered across the tv screens and billboards 12 months of the year. You mean to tell me no young lad in other counties doesnt have him as one of their favourite players? How is that not promoting the game elsewhere.

Its incredible how narrow minded some are here. As regards DCU and facilities as a stick to beat us with- best laugh I've had in a while. What about UUJ, UL, Queens etc. Tyrone's centre of excellence etc. I suppose we should shut all those down too because they have an unfair advantage.


And dont give me this crap about tradition. Kids will play the most popular sports.

You still have not addressed your previous statement that Crossmaglen hoover up all the young players in Armagh? I am interested in finding out what players on their present panel that were poached from other clubs?

End result is false module marks are presented when final degree classifications are awarded.

How do you know that this happens? Was this the case for you or did you know of a friend who had their marks rounded up?

I have to call a bullshit on the bit in bold. How the fcuk would they know?

Because a 2:2 is between 50-59% and a 2:1 is 60-69%. The gap in knowledge from the upper end of the scale to the bottom is almost 20%. That is a big difference in terms of marks in exams and therefore a big difference in knowledge. Someone who gets 69% knows a lot more than someone who gets 50%.

Thats an awful bit of shite coming from your mouth. sounds like nothing but propaganda, you must work for UU? I currently go to queens and i must admit the help you get is pure shite, you thrown 3 grand a year at the lectures and they act as if your a piece of dirt, absolutely no help whatsoever with seldom exceptions. come exam time the odd lecture will more or less tell you what questions are going to come up. feedback is piss poor and all lectures seem preoccupied about meeting a publicist to see when their next book is to be printed.

No I don't work for UU. Did you study there before you went to Queens? Your little rant shows UU provides more help to students from lecturers who know what awaits a young scholar when they graduate.

It difficult to prove because lecturers are responsible for compiling their own assessment results.

If it's difficult to prove then how do you know it goes on?

If a student is awarded a 2:1 grade and they actually got a 2:2 but their lecturer rounded their grade up, it would become apparent to any employer after a few weeks that the student did not have the level of skill that they suggested they did have.

If, as you suggest, the vast majority of students have their grades rounded up then surely employers should look elsewhere for employees.

However the stats don't lie. The vast majority of UU grads get jobs within 6 months.

UU is a great place to study.

The vast majority won't do anywhere near that but will get decent grades because staff will fiddle the spreadsheets to ensure they are making expected targets.

I would be interested in seeing an example of this.

I'm not a horse. As a graduate from UU I can say from first hand experience that it is an excellent place to study.

Aside from its endless benefits, the one downside of UU was the many mucksavages and hallions drifting around the library wearing O'Neills jerseys, hoodies, jackets, tracksuit bottoms and asics trainers. These horrible breed of people originate from the Tyrone-South Derry region and refer to each other as lad/chap/horse/sir.

Their accent is disgusting and their manner is similar to wild guerrillas. 

UU is by far a superior institution in terms of producing students with real world experience. A great emphasis is placed on preparing students for the working world instead of teaching them theory they do not need to know.

The University forges close links with local employers and therefore students are networking with people who will give them jobs from the moment they start their degree. It is usually easy to find a placement and therefore the students are more employable when they come out the other side.   

Lecturers are very approachable and tell students exactly what they need to know to help them succeed.

94% of UU graduates are in full time employment or further education 6 months after they finish their studies.

The aim of UU is to be the best sporting university on the island of ireland and therefore students can realise their ambitions and have a good time while making friends for life.

Sounds like someone with a speech impediment

I expected a lot from O'Connors book but I felt it was a let down. Full of people using clichés to psyche each other up before games that have no impact whatsoever on players performance. He was trying to paint a picture of Doora-Barefields season being make or break, life changing for the people involved but the way it came across was the players didn't really care and he was only fooling himself believing that he was on the cusp of the something amazing.

Me interest in the book waned when he described being out in Coppers, sober, when the guy Conny came over and he was thinking about ignoring him because Conny was drunk. At that moment I got the impression that he was one of the dry ones who stand in the corner watching and look down on people because they have had a few drinks and he is above it all, rather than not go to a nighclub where he was likely to find himself in such a situation.

Just my opinion

manufactured sympathy is cringe worthy tbh.

Speaking over the minutes silence was terrible. He had to get his little bit of rehearsed knowledge in by explaining who was playing when the referee collapsed, where the game was and who his club where, as if he actually knew the man.

Very, very disrespectful. Disgrace.

It baffles me how managers can openly talk about 'having one year left on their contract' and 'signing contract extensions'. In a game that is hypothetically amateur I can't understand how someone can speak in this manner without any questions or queries from the top dogs in the GAA. Surely you don't sign a contract to do something for free. What was the point of Padraic Duffy investigating payments if it is well known fact that most coaches and managers are getting paid.

What everyone wants to know is how much in hard money are managers being paid. Simple as that. No round the house stories about miles and training weekends, expenses.

The little useless geeky weed in my office who keeps laughing through his nose. Sounds like a boxer dog sniffing the floor for food.

I don't get this "Southerners" business what about people from Inishowen what do you Northerners call them?

If I was speaking to someone from Inishowen, I would address him/her by their name.

When someone calls a person from the north a Nordie, they are implying the term 'them ones up there', with the suggestion that Southerners are superior beings and in fact a different breed entirely.

However very few people find the term Nordie offensive.

Most northerners actually find it humorous that 'Southerners' think it is a victory for them to call a person from the north a Nordie.

Let them have their little win, I say, for if that is what a person classes' a success then moments of a triumphant nature may are likely to be few and far between for this individual.