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[OakLeaf]

Development monies for a sport which got off their behinds and worked  versus free handouts for a permanent moany whingy sport..

Exactly. The GAA is at the heart of the majority of communities across Ireland, in a way that soccer could never be.

[Baile Brigín 2]

- Membership is moot. You dont have to join the IRFU to play rugby. Football has more members, but they are members of clubs.

- Convenient. And doesn't apply to rugby.

- I understand that isn't really a thing anymore. Just as per your point 2,the system is skewed towards the GAA and it's setup.

But the headline point stands. Other sports dont get their fair share.

Zero evidence presented.

Headline point stands only in your own head.

Link is on this page

[Baile Brigín 2]

Development monies for a sport which got off their behinds and worked  versus free handouts for a permanent moany whingy sport..

Exactly. The GAA is at the heart of the majority of communities across Ireland, in a way that soccer could never be.

I can assure you, I wish our club had a fraction of the community penetration soccer does. That doesn't hold in towns and cities

[Baile Brigín 2]

Development monies for a sport which got off their behinds and worked  versus free handouts for a permanent moany whingy sport..

So why is rugby getting f**k all then?

[AustinPowers]

Development monies for a sport which got off their behinds and worked  versus free handouts for a permanent moany whingy sport..

So why is rugby getting f**k all then?

Because it's rugby?

[Baile Brigín 2]

Development monies for a sport which got off their behinds and worked  versus free handouts for a permanent moany whingy sport..

So why is rugby getting f**k all then?

Because it's rugby?

The argument is the reason the GAA get the, literal, majority of taxpayer funding is because every other sport is a mess.

I'm suggesting there is a built in state favouritism. The GAA got 100% of all funding until Bertie.

[Fogarty]

Development monies for a sport which got off their behinds and worked  versus free handouts for a permanent moany whingy sport..

So why is rugby getting f**k all then?

Because it's rugby?

The argument is the reason the GAA get the, literal, majority of taxpayer funding is because every other sport is a mess.

I'm suggesting there is a built in state favouritism. The GAA got 100% of all funding until Bertie.

More made up rubbish. Soccer got money before Bertie came along.

The is no favouritism. Soccer can't get itself organised. That's no one's fault except theirs.

[Fogarty]

Development monies for a sport which got off their behinds and worked  versus free handouts for a permanent moany whingy sport..

So why is rugby getting f**k all then?

Rugby has far less clubs and far less members than the GAA.

[Captain Scarlet]

Rugby has less playing members than Basketball I was told.
But the sess hounds filling the stadium and media coverage helps give it prominence- and a decent team helps too.

If Jarlath Burns was in 37 Dawson St with a GAA credit card and generally being a fool the organisation wouldn't be getting money.

But the FAI wasted loads and simply can't be trusted with funds and governance.

[Lamps]

That's the problem with Irish soccer. Always the victim of some big plot against them.
Maybe of they got their act together, they wouldn't be always in poverty.

[Rossfan]

I'll exempt 1 soccer club I know from the general malaise.
Boyle Celtic have their own ground, built a standeen, have  an astro area etc.
Helped by some grants but at least they first got off their behinds...

[Baile Brigín 2]

Development monies for a sport which got off their behinds and worked  versus free handouts for a permanent moany whingy sport..

So why is rugby getting f**k all then?

Because it's rugby?

The argument is the reason the GAA get the, literal, majority of taxpayer funding is because every other sport is a mess.

I'm suggesting there is a built in state favouritism. The GAA got 100% of all funding until Bertie.

More made up rubbish. Soccer got money before Bertie came along.

The is no favouritism. Soccer can't get itself organised. That's no one's fault except theirs.

No sport other than Gaelic games got one cent of capital grant funding in the 20th century.

[Fogarty]

https://m.independent.ie/irish-news/sport-wins-three-fold-jump-in-lottery-grants/26144674.html

[Baile Brigín 2]

https://m.independent.ie/irish-news/sport-wins-three-fold-jump-in-lottery-grants/26144674.html

Apologies. I was a year out.

[Fogarty]

https://m.independent.ie/irish-news/sport-wins-three-fold-jump-in-lottery-grants/26144674.html

Apologies. I was a year out.

You haven't a clue what you're talking about.
Show me a year where the GAA got all the grants and every other sport got nothing.

Here is 1993 for example. GAA getting everything?

https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1993-04-27/251/