Headshot for the poor unfortunate intercounty player here from James Horan cc @Little_Lord_Fauntleroy
For those of you who would rather not click the link (CC @mac) this is the bones of it
"There’s an awful lot made out of how much intercounty players have to do and the amount of training the amount of effort they put in and blah blah blah…
"Amateur athletes, young swimmers that are swimming at 6 o’clock in the morning, four times a week. There’s an awful lot of sportsmen at an amateur level that are doing way more than gaelic footballers."
Horan claims we make too much of this commitment issue.
Players love the game, they love challenging themselves and trying to improve themselves and they are constantly looking forward to their future aims and goals.
"I think we do. My young girl at swimming, (for example), before I came up to Dublin today I dropped her in at half six into Castlebar swimming pool. They’re doing that so there’s all that kind of stuff too.
"So when you weigh it up players love what they’re doing. It’s not a chore as some people have people believe. They love going in to Gaelic Park or wherever it is and playing the game that they’re really good at and want to improve at and they can’t wait for the summer."
