Quote from: gallsman on May 14, 2024, 12:42:11 PMQuote from: Rufus T Firefly on May 14, 2024, 12:34:15 PMI think the issue was that the subject matter has the potential to be quite emotive - the conflict between needing to raise revenue and at the same time trying to ensure that the product is available to as large an audience as possible.
I thought Cavanagh's approach played on that emotion - the inference of the cold, cash hungry GAA denying many the right to see our games, in their pursuit of money.
It could not go unchallenged and the response was an extremely powerful put down.
This is absolutely the crux of it and what he was implying.
While making a buck out of it himself, does he not see the hypocrisy in his own position.
Any anyone from Tyrone raising the issue of brown envelopes has an absolute cheek with the number of their clubs even down the divisions engaging in it. As well as the number of Tyrone coaches all over the country happily taking these payments.
Burns was 100% right to slap this down.