I think they were, you know. The general gist of the talk on this forum was initially that âhey look at those crowds in those stadiumsâ, and then it turned to âhey, those Euro 2020 matches turned into superspreader eventsâ.
I think the latter point of view was made to deflect, for forum purposes, from the reality that Delta was growing, superspreader events or not.
The GAA and GAA people used exactly the same logic as the entertainment industry is doing now when the GAA couldnât have crowds but non-essential retail had opened.
I think you and a lot of other GAA orientated people just donât like the GAA being painted in any sort of bad light or the notion that anybody else would look at the favourable treatment they have received with any sort of envy, or even the voicing of the not at all unreasonable notion that they receive more favourable treatment than other sectors.
Opening up was always going to be contradictory. It could never be otherwise. You canât go from 0 to 100 in one go. But that means the sectors that cannot open are understandably angry. I donât blame them for that. Seeing your neighbours being allowed to do what they want while you are not allowed to breeds anger.
I agree with the view that 40k people in Croke Park yesterday and the associated crowding around and drunkenness and all that goes with an All-Ireland final was not safe.
I also agree with the view that opening nightclubs now is not safe.
The whole thing is what it is.
And the way itâs going, I think very soon I think we may well be back to a case where the amount of spectators at sporting events is seriously curbed again, for a while at least.
This autumn and winter is going to be confusing, and will likely be infuriating for many, from different standpoints. I donât see any way around that.
I find the idea that you can cage people up like animals for 18 months and then expect people to behave sensibly when given the opportunity to start living again fairly bizarre.
You were always going to have large numbers of people going mad once given the opportunity.
GAA supporters being very defensive here, the match yesterday was just the latest and most blatant example of double standards, nobody is blaming the GAA or the supporters,
They are highlighting it to put pressure on the powers that be and why shouldnât they, itâs a joke
