I have been a long time reading here here but this is my first post.
My son is 17 and had been playing football since we enrolled him at five years of age. But lately he has signalled intentions to give up football and to play rugby. To be honest, its a terrible dissapointment to myself and my wife. We great followers of the sport, and don't think that the values in instills, is something that you cant get from Rugby or soccer.
Talking to him, he has been saying that GAA just isn't "sexy", that its a sport in decline. A lot of it is probably due to the recent successes of the Irish Rugby team, and the profile it has achieved.
He keeps on saying that GAA is a sport for "hicks" and "muck savages" this to us is upsetting, as football and hurling are our national sports and is forms a significant cultural basis for the Irish state.
Another factor i feel is playing a part in this shift, is some teenage romance that ended wrong, where a girl he was into left him for a lad who played rugby.I think that his confidence has been knocked and want to have the build large chest and arms of a rugby player
Has anyone experience this? Any advice would be much appreciated
My son is 17 and had been playing football since we enrolled him at five years of age. But lately he has signalled intentions to give up football and to play rugby. To be honest, its a terrible dissapointment to myself and my wife. We great followers of the sport, and don't think that the values in instills, is something that you cant get from Rugby or soccer.
Talking to him, he has been saying that GAA just isn't "sexy", that its a sport in decline. A lot of it is probably due to the recent successes of the Irish Rugby team, and the profile it has achieved.
He keeps on saying that GAA is a sport for "hicks" and "muck savages" this to us is upsetting, as football and hurling are our national sports and is forms a significant cultural basis for the Irish state.
Another factor i feel is playing a part in this shift, is some teenage romance that ended wrong, where a girl he was into left him for a lad who played rugby.I think that his confidence has been knocked and want to have the build large chest and arms of a rugby player
Has anyone experience this? Any advice would be much appreciated