Boycott the GAA Board.

[stephenite]

If I recall correctly, the reason for setting up a seperate hurling section was to appease those who were sick of hurling threads dropping off the top page in a matter of hours. The hurling section was set up to encourage more hurling posts.

[Louth Exile]

If I recall correctly, the reason for setting up a seperate hurling section was to appease those who were sick of hurling threads dropping off the top page in a matter of hours. The hurling section was set up to encourage more hurling posts.

Correct and right

[Bud Wiser]

 

I also take exception to the fact that a lot of southerners (and Ulster council) think that hurling in the North is soley exclusive to Antrim.

Fair comment enough.  The fact remains that, in the eyes of some smart Alecs hurling is a game played by muck savages and football is as near to soccer as it gets. Hurling is ignored at every opportunity to promote it.  Look at RTE for example, Fiona Looney sitting down scratching her tits some evening and she somes up with this brialliant idea all of a sudden (that as it happens was someone elses idea) that we will have a celebrity manager/gaa thingy and straight away Derek Davis, Marty Whelan, and Andrea Roche are managing teams but, in case they get hit with a hurling ball it has to be "football" teams.

The only ones giving Hurling equal respect with football are the GPA, they will destroy both codes if the Cork boys don't get there first.

[Zulu]

That's right stephenite, the GAA section is only termed that, as opposed to the 'football board' because a 'hurling board' was set up sperately from the main discussion board to appease those who felt hurling topics fell off page one too quickly. Whenever I login I check the main board and then the hurling board and I don't see the problem and as someone from a hurling county but who prefers football I can assure you any complaint hurling fans have in football counties is mirrored by football fans in hurling counties.

[Bud Wiser]

If I recall correctly, the reason for setting up a seperate hurling section was to appease those who were sick of hurling threads dropping off the top page in a matter of hours. The hurling section was set up to encourage more hurling posts.

You recall almost correctly.
At the time that the decision was made to seperate hurling from football it was a reasonable decision. However, at that time the board should have been split into Football, Hurling and General GAA.   Secondly, the decision to make a seperate hurling thread was not done for the love of hurling, or to appease us mere mortals, it was done because the nordies, and in particular the ones from Armagh and Tyrone were acting like yeomen and tried to evict us from the general thread because they wanted to make about five different threads about Francie Bellew or somone on the one day.  They ended up getting a seperate "Local GAA" section where I find it unbelievable that you have up to and over half a million views on Antrim and Down Football for jesus sake.

I am asking all hurling fans to post threads on all things general to GAA outside of football on the hurling thread or else have a Hurling, Football and General thread.   

[ONeill]

I think it's the footballing fans who are getting a raw deal. The hurling heads have a separate board whilst the football mainstays have to put up with a gaaboard where anything goes from GAA politics, RTE to the state of Croke Park.

Bud, I notice you have made 983 posts of which only 225 are hurling related. I haven't the wife at hand but I reckon that's nearing just 25% hurling, 38% basketball and 37% gambling. I suggest you lead from the front, exercise your standing and up your hurling input.

[pintsofguinness]

If I recall correctly, the reason for setting up a seperate hurling section was to appease those who were sick of hurling threads dropping off the top page in a matter of hours. The hurling section was set up to encourage more hurling posts.

Very true, and if I recall correctly it was after many complaints from the hurling crowd.

For me hurling use to almost be on a level pegging with football but in the last few years I've lost all interest.  Why? because it's boring!  As someone else said you could pick the winners in almost every game and even if there were a few upsets Killkenny go and win the All Ireland anyway.  Boring. 

Hurling snobs don't help their own cause either, in my experience quite a few hurling people are simply snobs who don't give football the respect they expect in return from football. 

[Bud Wiser]

Bud, I notice you have made 983 posts of which only 225 are hurling related. I haven't the wife at hand but I reckon that's nearing just 25% hurling, 38% basketball and 37% gambling. I suggest you lead from the front, exercise your standing and up your hurling input.

Oh sweet lord lovin lantern jeez..... another nordie statistician.   No need to go for the wife, I will explain.  Right, most of my posts are replies to other posts.  Got that now first.  Ok, we will move on, so, on the hurling section you will find most of the posters are more 'learned' lets say than those spouting on about an All-Ireland they won once in a lifetime so consequently the hurling thread, being an informative outlet as opposed to the type of shoite on the football section would not require as much replies such as having to ask Tankie the difference between Laois being described as Minnows and Dublin as Superstars.

[Zulu]

I am asking all hurling fans to post threads on all things general to GAA outside of football on the hurling thread or else have a Hurling, Football and General thread.

You've suggested already that you started this as a bit of a wind up so I'll take it that the above nugget is simply stirring the pot, either bring the hurling topics back into the main board or leave it as it is. As a fan of both codes i like it the way it is myself and I see no reason to change it.

on the hurling section you will find most of the posters are more 'learned'

An exaggeration if ever there was one.

[ONeill]

http://gaaboard.com/board/index.php?topic=13348.msg616143#msg616143

Ok lads, lets follow the hurling heavyweights' lead - who's the best - Ray Silke or Jack O'Shea?

[Bud Wiser]

Hurling snobs don't help their own cause either, in my experience quite a few hurling people are simply snobs who don't give football the respect they expect in return from football. 

The fact is that hurling is the better game, harder to play to the level that would get you to Croke Park than football and consequently most counties took the easy option, play basketball and run around a field playing tippy tippy.

There may be a few who are snobs who donet give football respect but nothing compared to the type of second class treatment that is dished out to hurling.   When the GPA and Cork hurlers and the executive of the GPA wanted to make a case for being allowed free divvies of up to 120,000 euro without the money going through the county board who did they choose to set up to go on strike?  The hurlers.  Same pattern right throughout the media, RTE, TV3 and of course any Nordie TV station that decides to show a GAA match once in a lifetime are hardly going to show a hurling match are they, in case they might insult above all members of the community, gaa people.  Will ye stop for jesus sake.

[pintsofguinness]

The fact is that hurling is the better game, harder to play to the level that would get you to Croke Park than football and consequently most counties took the easy option, play basketball and run around a field playing tippy tippy.

No, that's not a fact, that's an opinion.

There may be a few who are snobs who donet give football respect but nothing compared to the type of second class treatment that is dished out to hurling.   

In some football counties hurling may be second class but it's the same for football in hurling counties. 

[Drumanee 1]

Bud, I notice you have made 983 posts of which only 225 are hurling related. I haven't the wife at hand but I reckon that's nearing just 25% hurling, 38% basketball and 37% gambling. I suggest you lead from the front, exercise your standing and up your hurling input.

Oh sweet lord lovin lantern jeez..... another nordie statistician.   No need to go for the wife, I will explain.  Right, most of my posts are replies to other posts.  Got that now first.  Ok, we will move on, so, on the hurling section you will find most of the posters are more 'learned' lets say than those spouting on about an All-Ireland they won once in a lifetime so consequently the hurling thread, being an informative outlet as opposed to the type of shoite on the football section would not require as much replies such as having to ask Tankie the difference between Laois being described as Minnows and Dublin as Superstars.

now bud as a respected member of the board i am surprised at this statement,you are sounding exactly like the posters you are having a go at.

[Zulu]

The fact is that hurling is the better game, harder to play to the level that would get you to Croke Park than football and consequently most counties took the easy option, play basketball and run around a field playing tippy tippy.

I admire your determination to start a row Bud, nobody is really biting so you up the ante a bit, what next, football is only a game for bad hurlers perhaps? You'll surely catch someone soon, maybe POG he seems to be getting sucked in.

[pintsofguinness]

The fact is that hurling is the better game, harder to play to the level that would get you to Croke Park than football and consequently most counties took the easy option, play basketball and run around a field playing tippy tippy.

I admire your determination to start a row Bud, nobody is really biting so you up the ante a bit, what next, football is only a game for bad hurlers perhaps? You'll surely catch someone soon, maybe POG he seems to be getting sucked in.

Nah, I'd be familiar with Bud's tactics