Seven percent reduction in GAA team registrations from pre-Covid numbers (irishexaminer.com)
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Itās the beauty of your campaign to kill rural ireland, youāll also kill the GAA as well.
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While Cork recorded a decrease of just 20 teams in that period, Dublinās fall has been dramatic, over 31% from 2,394 in ā19 to 1,631 last year. Their areas where they have suffered the biggest blows are in youth hurling (912 teams to 528) and youth football (1137 teams to 735).
Strange how that ties in exactly with when they went messing around with the minor/u21 age grades
Very interesting reading, we enjoyed an increased and are going from strength to strength. Whilst thereāll be no GAA in Tipp within 5 years.
Split season
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Youād wonder how many kids stopped playing various sports and never went back. Covid robbed a generation of that 16-18 years old window that is very often the pinnacle of their sporting career.
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It certainly was the pinacle of mine.
Iād say most lads never get back to that rarefied atmosphere. Lads who never got there in the first place end up on Strava years later seeking validation but itās simply too late.
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We kissed the sky. No more of it.
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The gaa beginning to reap the benefits of the split season.
No harm to be rid of the chaff, fuck them off to rugby and local soccer.
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Half the games at u19s grade this year were walkover. It was similar at 21s.
I would imagine those teams have been counted as āregisteredā but never fulfilled a fixture.
The GAAās apology for nearly killing the game by fucking around with age grades will be interesting. Iām sure thereāll be a large slice of humble pie.
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The GAA will continue to be popular as a child minding service at least. Given the net immigration, youād expect numbers to follow.
Retention is the thing.
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