The Cost Of Dublin's Domination Is Becoming Clearer

[armaghniac]

Most of the top ten are burning the candle at both ends to their own degrees. Dublin the anomaly because they can pay for the professional set up and not worry about debt or bailouts. And they're the ones the rest are chasing.

The Dubs can just spend more; like the Americans in the 1980s, who cranked up the defence expenditure and the USSR went bust trying to keep up with them.

[Aaron Boone]

I know Dubs. They are treasuring these years. It can't & wont go on, their kids won't see success like this.

[intheknowhow]

How much are the GPO'd in Dublin paid???

[Rossfan]

How much are the GPO'd in Dublin paid???

€70k each.

[Beffs]

The GPO's earn 28,000. 14K comes from the club that they are attached to. 14K comes from the county board.

[intheknowhow]

I had read it was 19k each from club and county? Is there any reliable source ?

[Beffs]

I got my numbers from a Eugene McGee article & a couple of others.

[Aaron Boone]

I had read it was 19k each from club and county? Is there any reliable source ?

Every Gael has to pay 19k to Dubln GAA. This is happening.

[ONeill]

To be fair, the cost of stout in Dublin is frightening.

[Beffs]

Aye. 19,000K wouldn't go far in Temple Bar of a Friday night. You'd barely have enough left over, for a 2am kebab and a taxi home.

[ck]

Dublin are awesome! We are probably looking at the best Gaelic football side in history. To add to this look at the younger lads they are introducing. Con O'Callaghan is only 20 and made his debut tonight. The young Basquille guy is yet to come in but is on the panel.

It won't last though. People assume money is buying them success. That's part of the answer but the current crop are multi talented and generations like that don't come around very often.

[Rossfan]

But when you have 1,250,000 to pick from and real GAA counties only have 30-100k

[Syferus]

Dublin are awesome! We are probably looking at the best Gaelic football side in history. To add to this look at the younger lads they are introducing. Con O'Callaghan is only 20 and made his debut tonight. The young Basquille guy is yet to come in but is on the panel.

It won't last though. People assume money is buying them success. That's part of the answer but the current crop are multi talented and generations like that don't come around very often.

Nonsense. The population, money and location advantages ensures even in a bad year they're winning Leinster and coasting to an AISF. Mad that any right-minded person would try to gloss over Dublin's ridiculous advantages.

A professional premiership side in a league with a few championship level sides (burning through insane amounts of cash trying desperately to keep up - hi, Kerry and Mayo) and the rest are league one at best. The top dogs in any sport don't stray too far from the top precisely because they have the money to ensure it doesn't happen.

The GAA are setting themselves up for failure down the line because even the Jackeens are tiring of the turkey shoots.

[Il Bomber Destro]

Dublin are awesome! We are probably looking at the best Gaelic football side in history. To add to this look at the younger lads they are introducing. Con O'Callaghan is only 20 and made his debut tonight. The young Basquille guy is yet to come in but is on the panel.

It won't last though. People assume money is buying them success. That's part of the answer but the current crop are multi talented and generations like that don't come around very often.

Nonsense. The population, money and location advantages ensures even in a bad year they're winning Leinster and coasting to an AISF. Mad that any right-minded person would try to gloss over Dublin's ridiculous advantages.

A professional premiership side in a league with a few championship level sides (burning through insane amounts of cash trying desperately to keep up - hi, Kerry and Mayo) and the rest are league one at best. The top dogs in any sport don't stray too far from the top precisely because they have the money to ensure it doesn't happen.

The GAA are setting themselves up for failure down the line because even the Jackeens are tiring of the turkey shoots.

Roscommon spent more than Mayo last year.

[lenny]

But when you have 1,250,000 to pick from and real GAA counties only have 30-100k

They have always had that number to pick from and it hasn't stopped Kerry being the most successful county by a long way. Dublin are simply going through a purple patch of players, when really class players like connolly go they will be very hard to replace. With the structures they have in place they will always be competitive but in my opinion this is just a generation of supremely talented players.