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4845

Same with the FAI, soccer is no use to us.

4846

Ireland sent 4 ā€˜athletesā€™ to Paris to compete in sailing events and came home with nothing, the HP programme was giving the federation ā‚¬800k per year. They sent 17 rowers and came home with 2 medals, they were getting just over 20% more in total from the program. The rowers need to consider relocating from Skibbereen to Howth.

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4847

To be fair, the sailors were a brainfart away from a bronze medal.

4848

And exactly what good is that to anyone.How many kids will be inspired to go sailing?Give the money to the sports that every young person has a chance to participate in.Boxing Running etc.Not everyoneā€™s daddy has a yacht out the back.

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4849

Would i be right in saying this is specifically money for individuals/events that have proven themselves to be or have the potential to be a medal winner. This is isnt the overall funding for each sport. Sailing figures are because Murphy won a medal the previous time.

4850

Classic TFK. We need to give more funding to the sports.

Also wait a minute, the sailors are getting how much?

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4851

I find that hard to believe

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4852

The whole Olympics meaning every country there?
How much?

4853

I presume the bulk of their profits is endorsements. More power to them.

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4854

Thatā€™s be a mortgage free house in Skibbereen !

4855

I suspect some of the American basketball players have more money in the bank than that :grinning:

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4856

I donā€™t think Dr Oā€™Donovan will be too worried about getting and repaying a mortgage

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4857

Would you trust him diagnosing you? ā€œpull like a dog etcā€. Getting an aircoach down to Cork. Bad decisions! Where was the olympic money paying for a lift down to Cork! It stinks!!

4858

If my life depended on it Iā€™d take his diagnosis over yours.

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4859

Unless it involves actual shit :grinning:

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4860

Donā€™t know, someone in Irish rowing told me. It seems unlikely, but what would I know.

4861

Not endorsements, thatā€™s different. Keely Hodg is apparently on seven figures just from Nike.

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4862

I see the latest release of Twitters AI, Grok, has no filters in place on image generation. Thatā€™s a highly risky business. Iā€™d imagine you are leaving yourself open to serious risk of being sued.

4863

Thatā€™s not what flatty was saying in fairness

4864

It could be possible but how someone in Rowing Ireland could possibly know the funding for every Olympic athlete in the world is a mystery to me