The Blue Wave

[INDIANA]

I'd be surprised if the Dublin CB would be allowed to dictate what county any player is elligible for. In any case it sounds to me like a statement designed to draw attention to a problem rather than be a real solution.

I'm not up to speed on Dublin GAA these days but when I was playing in the 80's/90's I played against lads like Kevin Kilmurray (Offaly), Benny Gaughran (Louth) with Civil Service, Brian Talty (Galway) with Parnells and i'm sure more i cant remember now ( Garda would have been full of country lads) who lived and worked in Dublin and it would be rediculous to think that these or their modern day equivalents would have to either declare for Dublin, play club football in their home county or give up football altogether under such a rule.

Civil Service are now Div 6, Garda are Div 5 and well the less said about Parnells the better, so there aren't too many IC players playing for the former two.

As I said, I am not up with the current scene, but I was trying to see how the principle of the proposed rule would apply to todays equivalents of my time. Much as AZ tried to do earlier.
And what about the idea that DCB would be able to implement a bye law that controls inter county declarations ? Do you really think that is realistic ?

None of these players would be selected by Dublin even if good enough. This is being looked at to specifically penalise the clubs and players who are milking the system

[AZOffaly]

I'd be surprised if the Dublin CB would be allowed to dictate what county any player is elligible for. In any case it sounds to me like a statement designed to draw attention to a problem rather than be a real solution.

I'm not up to speed on Dublin GAA these days but when I was playing in the 80's/90's I played against lads like Kevin Kilmurray (Offaly), Benny Gaughran (Louth) with Civil Service, Brian Talty (Galway) with Parnells and i'm sure more i cant remember now ( Garda would have been full of country lads) who lived and worked in Dublin and it would be rediculous to think that these or their modern day equivalents would have to either declare for Dublin, play club football in their home county or give up football altogether under such a rule.

Civil Service are now Div 6, Garda are Div 5 and well the less said about Parnells the better, so there aren't too many IC players playing for the former two.

As I said, I am not up with the current scene, but I was trying to see how the principle of the proposed rule would apply to todays equivalents of my time. Much as AZ tried to do earlier.
And what about the idea that DCB would be able to implement a bye law that controls inter county declarations ? Do you really think that is realistic ?

None of these players would be selected by Dublin even if good enough. This is being looked at to specifically penalise the clubs and players who are milking the system

Indy, I think you're making my point for me. I don't think that Dublin are doing this to swell their own ranks with new players, I understand and agree with you and heffo that they are trying to protect the integrity and value of their own club championships, for both honest clubs and for the Dublin team itself, by cutting down on the 'imports', that are just there for inducements.

However, the bit in bold is my point. I'm sure there are people playing club ball in Dublin from other counties who are not high profile, are not milking the system and would never be picked by Dublin. These players may well be already part of county panels down the country at various levels, or may have aspirations of making their own county panel. Kevin Kilmurray won All Irelands with Offaly remember

This bye law, if brought in, would give those sort of players Hobson's Choice. Declare for Dublin, knowing you will never be picked, or esle forget about playing club ball up here.

[muppet]

This is the GAA silly season. The writers haver very little to go on at this time of year...the winter ban....breaking the winter ban....should there be a winter ban?......the end of the winter ban......its summer down under etc.

The gap is usually filled by any of the attention grabbing/seeking CB AGM speakers. These kites offer something for everyone, they give the hacks copy, they wind up the frustrated and they entertain the bored. So everyone is happy.

[Jinxy]

They should ban all talk of the Winter Ban.
A Winter ban ban.

[sheamy]

'Off the Winter Ban' for December

Don't mention the winter ban in December and raise money for your club. 30 people in a squad not talking once about the winter ban, raising £100 each in sponsorship, ergo 3k for your club.

[heffo]

Nice gesture by the Dublin County Board to send the Chairman of the 'Blue Wave' down to Kildare as an auditor.