The GAA

[seafoid]

Might be a stupid question......
Who regulates the GAA at the minute to make sure that no Money is or has been syphoned off.

Anglo Irish Bank

[Rois]

Might be a stupid question......
Who regulates the GAA at the minute to make sure that no Money is or has been syphoned off.

Central Council's accounts are audited by Mazars.  Available on gaa.ie.  There's also an internal audit committee (with independent chair).  It remains as open to fraud as any company, but results are subject to audit procedures such as transaction testing, debtor/creditor testing etc. 

[Rossfan]

Maybe he meant turnstile/gate men, Club tresurers etc

[Bingo]

Dammed if you do and dammed if you don't.

Croke Park is the shining light in the GAA and they should be congratulated for looking outside the confines of the association to identify and implement a major cash cow that will fund much of the gaa activity. Yet, some would rather see it closed up and the debt remain! Who owns this PLC by the way?

It has many problems but the use of croke park isn't one of them.

All the other problems are self inflcted by county boards/clubs who spend wildly for short term gain with not direct revenue return.

Without doubt the biggest issue is the fixtures plan and the headless intent to force ameteurs to professional standards.

The other area that the GAA need to look at is management/administrating of county boards in terms of finance and application of a set of standard rules.

[Eamonnca1]

Croke Park is a PLC? News to me.  When was the IPO?  How's the share price doing today?

[Eamonnca1]

- Pop acts and foreign games now take precedence over GAA activities on the hallowed sward of Croke Park.

Oh so they take "precedence", do they? Inter-county games and club finals are unable to get a look in because the place is booked solid with rugby?  Name one major GAA match that was kicked out of Croke to make way for a concert of a soccer match.

I don't think that word "precedence" means what you think it means.

[Never beat the deeler]

- Pop acts and foreign games now take precedence over GAA activities on the hallowed sward of Croke Park.

Oh so they take "precedence", do they? Inter-county games and club finals are unable to get a look in because the place is booked solid with rugby?  Name one major GAA match that was kicked out of Croke to make way for a concert of a soccer match.

I don't think that word "precedence" means what you think it means.

Indeed
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2y8Sx4B2Sk

[ck]

Good thread.
While counties like Mayo may not be well off in terms of county board books, there is money thrown at the senior team by "business men" outside the control of the boards. Donegal did a collection recently where Gaels were asked for 5k each to fund a training trip to La Manga at Easter. Bottom line here is a direct correlation between money and success. The small counties don't and can't compete.

[thejuice]

In order to boost funding we've launched our own brand of narcotics called Meath-Amphetamine.

It's a special recipe being cooked up by herbal guru Sean Boylan.

[tyroneman]

Croke Park is a PLC? News to me.  When was the IPO?  How's the share price doing

From the crokepark.ie

Croke Park is incorporated in Páirc an Chrócaigh Teo (PCT) and was formed in 1914. It is a holding company for the GAA and the stadium management for Croke Park. PCT is charged with managing match and non-match day events in the venue. The role is primarily to ensure that all visitors to Croke Park have a safe and enjoyable experience. It also involves maintaining, developing and maximising returns from the stadium's assets, such as the Croke Park Conference Centre, GAA Museum, Croke Park Suites, Príomh tickets and advertising opportunities.

[nrico2006]

You think the GAA would try and appoint people who have a clue to the organising/fixtures committee.  I think its a joke that we have constant balls ups with scheduling, i.e. the NFL and NHL start every year in February but the club finals are not to March which means that lots of counties are missing key players through clubs involved in the various levels (Junior, Intermediate and Senior) in both hurling and football.  How can it not be organised that the two competitions don't clash in order to allow every county a fair shot.  The same could be said of the International Rules debacle - who the hell fixes the tests for the day or day before County Finals which are likely to put certain players availability into question - it wouldn't be rocket science to have the tests on a date(s) that are free from all other activity.  On top of that, you had the disgraceful Down hurlers situation the other weekend, with the Ulster final scheduled the day after a Kehoe Cup match.  Not only that, but the final was scheduled in a ground as far away from both counties (who share a border) as possible, at the same time as a huge commemoration match for Bloody Sunday.  You couldn't make it up.