Why GAA

[dubai2000]

Can anyone explain why a say 10 year old would pick rugby/soccer over football or hurling?

For instance this is my clubs senior games for 2010

21/2/10
28/2/10
7/3/10
18/4/10
25/4/10
9/5/10
20/5/10
23/5/10
27/5/10
6/6/10 Conceed by opposition
11/6/10
20/6/10
25/6/10
27/6/10
25/7/10
7/8/10
15/8/10
5/9/10 Conceeded by opposition
12/9/10
26/9/10

21 matches from the 21st Feb to 26th Sept (thats 31 weeks)

there is 4 week break from the disctrict cup to the start of the league, we then play 3 games within 7days, then none for 21days as team concedes. we then have a league game on the 5th Sept, some 4 weeks after the previous league game, yet the team concedes leaving us going into the championship 5weeks without a competitive game.

can someone please tell me why say a ten year old would want this in comparison to weekly games in rugby or soccer??

before anyone starts I wouldn trade GAA for anything, but I am trying to work out why our association is losing great ground on other sports

[Hardy]

I agree fully that this is the most important problem for the GAA to fix in order to maintain a competitive appeal as against other sports. It's not even hard to do.

[nrico2006]

Agreed.  We play most of our games in April to June, then have little if any games in July and Championship in August.  The best 2 months of the year (Jul and Aug) is when we play the least.

[heffo]

Our U13 footballers had played six games from the end of January until the start of September - this was due to a combination of games being called off, dual calendar, summer break etc

All of the best players on the team choose soccer as a first choice and would frequently choose a soccer training session over a Football match as a result.

[western exile]

Can anyone explain why a say 10 year old would pick rugby/soccer over football or hurling?

For instance this is my clubs senior games for 2010

21/2/10
28/2/10
7/3/10
18/4/10
25/4/10
9/5/10
20/5/10
23/5/10
27/5/10
6/6/10 Conceed by opposition
11/6/10
20/6/10
25/6/10
27/6/10
25/7/10
7/8/10
15/8/10
5/9/10 Conceeded by opposition
12/9/10
26/9/10

21 matches from the 21st Feb to 26th Sept (thats 31 weeks)

there is 4 week break from the disctrict cup to the start of the league, we then play 3 games within 7days, then none for 21days as team concedes. we then have a league game on the 5th Sept, some 4 weeks after the previous league game, yet the team concedes leaving us going into the championship 5weeks without a competitive game.

can someone please tell me why say a ten year old would want this in comparison to weekly games in rugby or soccer??

before anyone starts I wouldn trade GAA for anything, but I am trying to work out why our association is losing great ground on other sports

That compares favourably against senior rugby or soccer.  Why don't you post your under 10 and under 12 fixture list of you want to compare for a 10 year old?

[5 Sams]

Our u8s/U10s/u12s play practically every week fromApril to September in tournaments and blitzes. In fact we have to regularly turn down invitations becasue of date clashes. It seems to be the in thing in Down at the moment although some clubs charge up to 50 quid a go to enter a team.

[dubai2000]

Can anyone explain why a say 10 year old would pick rugby/soccer over football or hurling?

For instance this is my clubs senior games for 2010

21/2/10
28/2/10
7/3/10
18/4/10
25/4/10
9/5/10
20/5/10
23/5/10
27/5/10
6/6/10 Conceed by opposition
11/6/10
20/6/10
25/6/10
27/6/10
25/7/10
7/8/10
15/8/10
5/9/10 Conceeded by opposition
12/9/10
26/9/10

21 matches from the 21st Feb to 26th Sept (thats 31 weeks)

there is 4 week break from the disctrict cup to the start of the league, we then play 3 games within 7days, then none for 21days as team concedes. we then have a league game on the 5th Sept, some 4 weeks after the previous league game, yet the team concedes leaving us going into the championship 5weeks without a competitive game.

can someone please tell me why say a ten year old would want this in comparison to weekly games in rugby or soccer??

before anyone starts I wouldn trade GAA for anything, but I am trying to work out why our association is losing great ground on other sports

That compares favourably against senior rugby or soccer.  Why don't you post your under 10 and under 12 fixture list of you want to compare for a 10 year old?

I dont have the facts in front of me for our underage - but what am trying to say is, why would a ten year old concentrate on gaa, if he knows in 8/10 years he will get this kind of treatment, at least with the other codes he knows what he is getting.

[IolarCoisCuain]

Um. Are you sure ten year olds plan eight to ten years ahead?

[muppet]

Um. Are you sure ten year olds plan eight to ten years ahead?

Our planners don't plan that far ahead.

[Maguire01]

Um. Are you sure ten year olds plan eight to ten years ahead?