Cavan break GAA’s winter training ban

[dublinfella]

What the f**k would you know about it anyway?
you probably wouldnt be fit to pick out Cavan on a map,seeing as your "soccer" team never has to play down here.   

If the best you can come up with is an ad homenieum attack on me, I'll take it you can't actually argue the point.

[RedandGreenSniper]

Lynchbhoys view is exactly along the lines of what I was thinking. If they fine, well lets make it not worth their while on the takings. While a few of us Cavan lads don't want a bar of this particularly stupid rule some of us are very keen to fully apply the stupid rule about under 16's playing in the recent Ulster JFC final.

Thats cheating another team out of a possbile Ulster title though.

Listen to yourself man dear, did you really grow up playing GAA sports?  I know that I (or any of my team mates) would not be running about crying about losing a Senior match because the other team had an U-16 playing.  We would be embarrassed to even bring it up as an issue.  Where has the dignity went in the GAA?  I love the mind set of the older generation, who think that all modern footballers/hurlers are softies in comparison to them, with their war stories of playing through games with this injury and that, and giving off about these Ham String things that everybody cries about today.  Go into your local bar and have a chat with some of the older stalwarts, and see what their reaction is to you complaing about a Senior team getting beat by a team containing an U16, and then see what their reaction is when you mention that the sore losers are appealing against the result because of the boys involvement.  I'm sure you will not get a response in line with your own.

It is an interesting issue. I would be awfully embarrassed if our club appealed losing an adult game because of an U-16 on the opposition side. And I'm pretty sure our club wouldn't have the cheek to appeal. But, by the same token, we wouldn't be stupid enough to play an Under 16 footballer at adult level. Certainly not even before that rule came in but I can understand how smaller clubs might be tight on quality numbers. But once the rule came in, you've no one to blame but yourselves if you lose a game because of a blatant breach of the rules.

[Kerry Mike]

Does boxing count as collective training ?, as the Cork footballers were out in Rylane all last winter belting shoite out of each other and my sources say they are at it even earlier this winter, just asking like, would hate to think the Langers could get away with things others counties get pulled up on. oh wait Fás Cooney is still in charge, so no bother on the Cork lads.

[dublinfella]

The Sindo (I know...) claim 13 counties have breached the rule.

Its the Sindo, so I don't believe it myself.

[Zulu]

Although I can understand those making the point that it is a rule and should therefore be adhered to the fact remains that managers have little alternative but to ignore it. Few seem to believe the rule is anything but daft but while the managers of teams who reached the AI semis may not be too put out, managers of teams knocked out in the middle of summer simply have to ignore the rule if they are to have any hope of developing a squad for championship. That's not to mention the fact that those managers will also be looking to do well in the league which only increases the need for them to get the squad together over the winter. However, if CB's are to have any respect then I presume a large number of them will be formulating motions to have this issue readdressed.

[tyroneboi]

If the GAA are so keen on having 2 months of no intercounty training then why could it not be October and November?

[take_yer_points]

Cavan have been cleared of breaching the GAA's ban on collective training in November and December.

It was reported last month that a member of the county's 2010 senior football panel took part in an in-house game at Breffni Park's 3G pitch.

The GAA investigated the allegation and it also received an explanation from the Cavan County Board.

"We don't believe they deviated in any way above the rule," said GAA president Christy Cooney.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/northern_ireland/gaelic_games/9364921.stm

[leaveherinsir]

Didnt seem to do them any favours on Saturday against Derry, not training that is!!   

[tommysmith]

Id say we will hear more from our reporter friend on this in the coming days.