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I really think it as an arguement it is a non runner.  Dublinfella is right you cannot morrally or leagally stop people not just playing another sport but making a life choice for themselves.  It really is that simple.  All that the GAA can and should be doing is making the choice of playing our games more appealing, and i do not by any stretch of the imgination mean finacial rewards!!  I think the fact that boys like marty clarke etc come back to play speaks volumes for how good our sport is.  Every year countless fellas choose to go to uni in Irealnd with one of the main reasons being the fact that they continue playing their sport there and with their clubs.

I think a GAA based AFL club would be a good idea

So a small skinny player that turns 16 in december the previuous year is aloud to play and the man child that turns 16 in january of the championship year and has been shaving since 12 and has pubes since he was nine is not allowed to play??  And they tells us it is to protect against player burn out and the physcicality of it.  Nonsense!!  A clear case of a rule of for the sake of it and doesnt acchieve anything. 

There are some rules that are broken frequently, but most clubs don't appeal against the crime as their seems to a certain level of dignity that they like to retain.  What I am getting at is that there is different categories of offences, a team playing a player who is too old for an age group should be hit hard, as the individual would have an unfair advantage over his competitors.  A team who plays a player who is suspended should also be hit hard.  A team who plays a player who is on performance enhancing drugs should be hit hard.  A team who has a player sent off that doesn't leave the field of play for 5 minutes should be hit hard.  A team that plays a man who was sent-off in a previous game but due to an appeal is free to play should be hit hard.  A team that plays a player from their own club who is 'too young' should get a slap on the wrist.  It should not warrant a whole hoohaa or a replay.  Most clubs would not appeal in this situation, they were beat and should take their beatings.  Cavan clubs are starting to establish a bit of a track record in appealing in this situation, would they not rather retain a bit of dignity.  If the game is replayed then the fella in question should be able to play also, as he will be 17.

This somes up what I was trying to say.  Although I do concede the point that it would be harsh on the opposing team if they had a young starlet and didnt feild him as they were adhereing to the rules.  Though i doubt this is the case in this instance.  Would it not make more sense for players of this age to have written consent from their parents to play senior

Look I know were your coming from, Im not really that passionate on the subject I just think its sound ludicrous.  I know why the rule exists, but maybe it should be looked at.   I remember in Derry when Mark lynch was still under 14 hes was playing for everyside going at his club and school.  he was practically the same size and level of ability he is at now!! I think to possibly deny a junior side or intermediate side a player of that ability for an important game is wrong.

I agree that rules should be enforced and ahered to, its the punishment that i would disagree with, ie fielding a player that is too young results in a club being stripped of a tittle.  Surely spitting at players, violent conduct, abusive language to officials is all worse offences than a 16 year old playing for the senior team?  So why have a greater punishment?

Its is crazy that a club could be stripped of a tittle for fielding a player who is considered not physically capable of playing at that level (this is why the rule exists).  Surely a fine would be suffice and even then it is silly.  The other club should be really embarrassed, would they contest if the team had of feilded a 19 year old female gymnast?? 

[Puts paid to the myth once and for all that Kerry are gracious losers.]

the thing that bugs me is this perceived disallowed goial against down. The fact is they got bew up before the shot was made, the down defence stopped, the keeper didn't even attempt to save it, if he had not blown the whistle there is no guarantee the goal would have went in, especially given mcveigh's form that day.

So in short, go dry your f**king eyes 

Yes thats what annoys me.  It was a legitimate hand pass, but it was not a disallowed goal.  He should know that mentioning it like that will only make him sound like arsene wenger, a sore looser, and his valid points will be somewhat lost.

Puts paid to the myth once and for all that Kerry are gracious losers.

Think the All Blacks carried on similarly after 2007 WC defeat to France.

Gracious losers??   

Sure didn't Spillane nearly break down and cry when Tyrone hammered Kerry in 03 and they have spent the last 7 years whining about puke football just because they were hammered by a far better team

Look I hate Tyrone, and i hope it gets covered by about six feet of snow this weekend  , but one of the funniest things i heard after Tyrone hammered Kerry in that game (and yes it was a physical and technical hammering, and Kerry have dished this out to more teams than any other side) was a Kerry supporter crying on a radio interview saying "thats not football thats rugby!!" Just couldn take their bating

So how is the GAA going to stop players going if the AFL clubs don't pay?

I am still looking at this thread for an answer on this question???
But me thinks there is no answer.

Quote from: stephenite on Today at 12:34:12 AM
You'd think with all this super human powers he'd have managed at least one All Ireland medal


Stephenite Larry doesnt lift Sam McGuire, Sam McGuire lifts Larry, and carrys him wherever Larry wants to go, whether it be Super macs, Cheryl Coles house or down to the pub

[So- viet]

 the skull "I won't be russian to congratulate them"

If Russian win the bid, So- viet

Nah sure that means nothing. . . it doesn't matter what they look like but which countrys women are more likely to put out??!!

Well England is a shoe in if it goes by that.  Il book my acommodation in Essex immediately

[Putin]

Im Putin my money on Russia to win the bid

Jaysus i hate the eager beavers.  There was a guy in our club, who was dung, who would without fail be at the front in every warm up leading it out like a champion.  I was looking for my second wind in the bloody warm ups 

Could you not just do it at a snails pace or was the he counting the laps too.  ie, if you were still going a\fter the hour but you had only managed 3 laps ye would have been told to beat it.  Sounds horrendous though.  There is shorter stuff, that would leave you just as bollocksed, impossible to bluff and be finished quicker.  Though you feel like telling them te f**k off with this aswell!!

Keep this in mind the next time you are about to repeat a rumour or spread gossip.


In ancient Greece (469 - 399 BC), Socrates was widely lauded for his wisdom.

One day an acquaintance ran up to him excitedly and said, 
"Socrates, do you know what I just heard about Larry Reilly?"

"Wait a moment," Socrates replied, "Before you tell me I'd like you to pass a little test. 
It's called the Triple Filter Test."
'Triple filter?" asked the acquaintance.

"That's right," Socrates continued, "Before you talk to me about Larry Reilly 
let's take a moment to filter what you're going to say.. 
The first filter is Truth. 
Have you made absolutely sure that what you are about to tell me is true?"

"No," the man said, "Actually I just heard about it."

"All right," said Socrates, "So you don't really know if it's true or not. 
Now let's try the second filter, the filter of Goodness. 
Is what you are about to tell me about Larry Reilly something good?"

"No, on the contrary..."

"So," Socrates continued, "You want to tell me something about Larry Reilly 
that may be bad, even though you're not certain it's true?"

The man shrugged, a little embarrassed. Socrates continued, 
"You may still pass the test though, because there is a third filter, the filter of Usefulness. 
Is what you want to tell me about Larry Reilly going to be useful to me?"

"No, not really."

"Well," concluded Socrates, "If what you want to tell me is 
neither True nor Good nor even useful, why tell it to me or anyone at all?"

The man was bewildered and ashamed. 
This is an example of why Socrates was a great philosopher and held in such high esteem.



It also explains why Socrates never found out that Larry Reilly was shagging his wife. 

Lactose is Larry Reilly Intolerant