Refusal to allow kids to transfer clubs could lead to them quitting GAA.....

[INDIANA]

"The GAA will always be strong in Ireland, a few years back the Ireland soccer team were doing well, I don't think that it hit us that hard.  We will survive the current rugby success, so throwing these up as excusses to allow players to operate on an almost freelance basis doesn't cut it with me"

You reckon? there is a guy from tallaght playing for the irish u19's today- kris greene. come up to my area and i'll introduce you to the threat that's out there.

[DUBSFORSAM1]

Lets stop using the figures quoted by one of the parents, that 14 children have already left.  I would suggest that this figure is grossly misleading and possibly grossly exaggerated (2 of these could have transferred to the local club while the rest moved out of the area).

Society might have changed from 20 years ago.  But judging by the majority of peoples opinions on this board the value of the GAA club hasn't changed, thank god.

The GAA will always be strong in Ireland, a few years back the Ireland soccer team were doing well, I don't think that it hit us that hard.  We will survive the current rugby success, so throwing these up as excusses to allow players to operate on an almost freelance basis doesn't cut it with me.

AIB, who sponser the club championships have it in a nutshell "one life one club", end of story.

Six of his U12 team have gone to rugby, four have transferred elsewhere and four have given up.

That is the breakdown of the kids leaving....how is that misleading or exagerated?

[Six Inch Nail]

Six of his U12 team have gone to rugby, four have transferred elsewhere and four have given up.

That is the breakdown of the kids leaving....how is that misleading or exagerated?

So, of the 14 that are no longer playing the club could only have done something about 4 of them.  And possibly (only possibly),  these players could have left the area so that figure could be less.  Therefore Lynchboy, the club didn't set any precedent as a maximum of 4 have left to go to another club (do we know if any of these went to Sarsfields?)  By this reckoning, maybe the club are actually cutting it in the bud, which they are well entitled to do!

You reckon? there is a guy from tallaght playing for the irish u19's today- kris greene. come up to my area and i'll introduce you to the threat that's out there.

One chap from Tallaght, out of a population of how many?  Right enough, thats a serious hit.

[pintsofguinness]

Indiana

you don't have a monopoly on opinion here for what it's worth i think you're talking shite. This is  different society to the one you're living in 20 years ago. The Gaa is going to lose players with these stupid bloody rules. Big deal if they want to move to a bigger club . Just because you join one club doesn't mean you have to sign your whole playing life over to them- those days are over.

Who says those days are over?  They're not over in my club or in my area.  The gaa is going to lose players over these rules? Say you allow anyone to move anywhere you will kill dozens and dozens of gaa clubs, is that what you want? Are you a GAA man at all?

Dubnut

Ok so a small parish club are struggling to field the bare 15 players each week. Their best 4 players fancy "upgrading" clubs and leave.
That leaves 11 players without a club as they cant field a team and the club folds.

Exactly,or the 11 players go to the same big club and how many of them are going to get football? How many will lose interest then?

[deiseach]

Ok so a small parish club are struggling to field the bare 15 players each week. Their best 4 players fancy "upgrading" clubs and leave.
That leaves 11 players without a club as they cant field a team and the club folds.

Exactly. I fail to see how the future of Gaelic games can be preserved by reducing the outlets for playing Gaelic games.

[INDIANA]

nothing to do with reducing the outlets -you're all operating from some sort of  domesday scenario where a club will cease to exist if  a few players leave- seen it in my own club we've surivived extremely well and punch way above our weight in the senior ranks against the superclubs. Players come and go- our principle is we want players who are interested in playing for us but we won't caese to exist if  a few players leave and believe me lads we are a  small club.

[dubnut]

Indiana theres a big difference between a small club in Dublin (all of which have large catchment areas), and a small rural village club in the country who have the bare bones population wise to fill a team.