You got quite snipey in defending a point which alluded to Dublin receiving disproportionate funding in comparison to other counties.
You defended it on the basis of semantics.
All these things to tip the balance massively are calculated to keep the Dublin supporters filling Croke Park. This is well thought through. 2010 was the year the gaa was infiltrated with the money suits, the year they put the barricades in Croke Park. Christy Cooney and that weasely bastard from Monaghan toyed with the fabric of the Gaa and it is now irreversible. Sky deal another example.
There is a dark element controlling our association now. Itâs all about profit now for the suits.
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So Dublin have a population of 1.5 million but only have 39,000 registered players. Think about that. That is not even close to a quarter of the population. Which goes to show how much competition there is for dublin Gaa which other counties wouldnât face.
You should try driving around Dublin in rush hour sometime. Iâd say Con OâCallaghan and Mick Fitzsimons travelling over from Cuala probably have to leave around lunch time for the 20 mile trip across town to Parnell Park for training at 7pm.
Parnell Park is Dublinâs home ground. Its guaranteed in the hurling regardless of whether its Galway or Waterford that win, but we could be looking at a hurling/football double of counties that never get to play a championship game at their home ground. What a triumph over adversity that would be.
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Yet they have four times the number of registered players Mayo and Tyrone have. They have probably more resources to be able to stave off the AFL vultures from stealing their brightest talents too.
Dublin never play a home game and at best get to play at a neutral venue in Croke Park. This is conveniently ignored by @Nembo_Kid.
Shouldnât be too hard in their sponsored cars.
A neutral venue in Dublin?
Yes.
Says who?
You?
Donât make me laugh.
Since the last Mayo team maybe
That hurts mate. I mean itâs true, but it still hurts. Thank God for Pedigree back in the day.
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Tgats the greatest load of nonsense i ever heard.
Cork competes with everythibg.
Donegal competes with soccer
Louth IS a soccer county
All nordies have reduced picks where small no.'s of proddies play
Etc
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No its not. The gaa dublin face bigger challenges in terms of people playing the games. The competition from soccer and rugby is huge. Alot of clubs struggle to field teams. I have seen clubs come together to form teams at minor level so that they dont lose those players.
Every county in Ireland competes with soccer for players.
Rugby and soccer are a factor everywhere now .
Ya i have seen 3 clubs having to come together.
What you are seeing is nationwide and is more to do with social dropping out than anything
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Why did Dublinâs population not make a difference for 100 years?
Dublin have organised itself underage, put structures and coaching in place and now is reaping rewards as the virtuous circle starts to reinforce the culture of excellence.
It is now leveraging numbers because it is structurally set up to do it. Cork will do the same at hurling (cc @myboyblue)
Other counties with big populations like Kildare, Galway, Cork are underachieving at football. Itâs about creating structures and creating that excellence.
However with that you encourage GAA into more elitism and take kids away from clubs at 14 into development squads and make them choose hurling or football. Can see it permeating GAA more and more where you have social players and elite players from a younger age. They split feile this year i think.
Dublin are at a stage now where all they need is add three or four a year to a squad and it will recycle itself. They will be there because of the underage structure.
on the flip side a young lad chance of Playing senior football for Dublin are tiny and not a realistic expectation for 99 per cent of the lads chasing around the pitches in Dublin on Saturday morning. At some stage Dublin being split will make sense financially and it will then happen
Dublin North
Dublin South
Or variations of the two would attract 80k each to Croke Park and be potentially the two strongest teams in the country anyway. Once you allow counties to join up which will happen then two Dublin teams will make sense because not organised strictly on county boundaries.
GAAâs success in making itself an elite sport could also kill it off as that elitism permeates all the way down and you start to lose players earlier because âthey wonât make itâ whatever âmake itâ means.
The fall off in participation of all sports in teenage years must be increasing every year as âjust playingâ is less and less valued. nowadays life seems all built on success and being good at stuff and less about learning a few lessons and building or revealing character so kids are whipped out of stuff before they âfailâ. The fetishisation of IC at expense of everything else has driven this. Itâs why Brolly talks out of both sides of his mouth about club v county when he lavished praise on this Dublin team which is a product of the elitism he rejects other times and places.
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