Which it hardest win a hurling allstar or a football allstar

[stiffler]

I think they are both as equally hard to obatain, and credit must go to those who have!

[darbyo]

But it is a stupid question as there is no definate answer to it.

So what if there's no definate answer, this is a discussion board, for people to offer their opinions on topics raised, if you don't see merit in a particular topic don't post on it.

[small white mayoman]

your in bad form the past fewdays hardsation your fierce argumentative, i see yourself and orangeman agree here as well 

[From the Bunker]

If you are from Kilkenny - a football Allstar
If you are from Kerry - a Hurling Allstar
If you are from Louth - a football or Hurling Allstar

Have to say, the Backdoor has changed the emphasis on Provincial winners, National League games, and National Club competitions being an influence on who gets awarded. AI finalists still get 75 -80% of awards.

Going back to the question, far easier for a great Hurler to get award. There are far more people in Ireland playing Gaelic football than Hurling, so the competiton is naturally greater.

[darbyo]

What a stupid question!
I'd say Dara O Se found it a lot handier winning football all stars than hurling all stars.
Henry Shefflin found it a lot easier to win hurling all stars than football all stars.

Ps. Yes, it is a discussion board and I gave my opinion on the topic raised.

You gave your opinion on the quality of the topic rather than on the topic itself. There was, what I thought, an interesting article from I think the Kerryman newspaper. They were asking which was better, the current crop of Kerry footballers or the class of 1978 - '82. Now there is no definitive answer to that question but by your current logic we shouldn't discuss that either. 

[The Forfeit Point]

You may think I am as mad as a box of frogs but you may as well ask;
Is it easier to win a gold medal at the Olympics in Javelin or a gold medal at the Olympics in the high jump?
It depends how feckin good you are in each sport!

your ideas are intriguing to me and i wish to subscribe to your newsletter

have to agree with you on this, but basically this topis is just the same old "theres not enough competition in the hurling championship" re-worded

[Croí na hÉireann]

From my own perspective, unless you're playing with one of the top 6/8 hurling teams of a certain era its near impossible to get an All-Star in the code. With football at least if your team makes a decent run in the championship you should at least come up for selection and have an outside chance if getting one.

True, sure didn't the Slashers get a couple of nominations last year 

[deiseach]

I don't have any problem saying a football All Star is harder to win. Football is much more competitive. It's like what Jerry Kiernan said when asked to assess the career of Sonia O'Sullivan against the likes of Ronnie Delany, Eamon Coghlan and John Treacy. Women's athletics is inherently less competive - women are not encouraged as much to take up sport in many countries and actively discouraged in the rest. Thus her achievements don't rank alongside those of the best men. Unfair, perhaps, but denying it doesn't make it untrue.