Walsh calls for greater share of cash cake

[youbetterbelieveit]

Its a bad state of affairs when one of their own officials are calling for croker to share the wealth more thatn what they do at the minute.






Walsh calls for greater share of cash cake
04 January 2007


Kerry chairman Sean Walsh has criticised the GAA's top brass for failing to fairly distribute their expanding match-day revenue.

Walsh claims that players and county boards are not getting a sufficient slice of the massive financial cake, adding that county boards are nearing financial breaking point from the expense of preparing county teams.

In 2006, Kerry spent EUR776,871 on their inter-county teams, which was an increase of 25 per cent on the previous year, and if that trend continues, there is every chance that the EUR1 million barrier could be broken this year.

According to Walsh, the GAA faces a revolt from players who are pivotal to its annual multi-million euro earnings if it doesn't increase the share-out of match-day revenue and fund boards.

He said: "Our players are generating a lot of money for Croke Park but are not getting it back.

"There will have to be a realistic look at what it is costing to prepare teams, and where the money is being made, and the people responsible for making that money will have to get a realistic cut of the cake.

"The big money is in the gates at quarter-final and semi-finals and finals of the All-Ireland series. That is where the big money is and for us this year in relation to Bank of Ireland and sponsorship towards our team for the holiday fund we got EUR80,000, and overall we got a total back of around EUR300,000 in match expenses, covering all our teams.

"That left us with a shortfall of EUR700,000 to train our teams."

Walsh added: "We in Kerry have always been trying to prune our expenses to make them sustainable but costs are rising across the board."

[magpie seanie]

In Sligo a motion was passed advocating a larger slice of the rent monies from Croker being distributed among the weaker counties. Surely no-one could argue with that? The weaker counties need extra resources to catch up.

Of course it will not succeed. The weak are supposed to stay weak. Hurling is an even more polarised sitaution than football.

So successful counties bleating about money doesn't really wash with this contributer.

[SlimShady]

did somebody mention hash cake?