Waterford Hurling (now incorporating intermediate football) 2013 and subsequent years

Turenne · January 16, 2018, 2:37pm

What a bullocks.

‘Teaching is probably the life to suit the GAA’: Barron changing careers to facilitate his hurling

Ashman · January 16, 2018, 2:45pm

So Mrs Murphy this is Jamie who will be teaching your little Johnny junior cert Business Studies …

Appendage · January 16, 2018, 3:57pm

GAA lads again obsessed with the word probably. In fact it’s probably the most over used word in the GAA.

Horsebox · January 16, 2018, 4:01pm

What’s wrong with that? Teaching is a part time job that will allow him to play the game he loves. Outside of being a teacher or a student it would be very difficult to commit the time needed to be a top IC player.

alf_stewart · January 16, 2018, 4:08pm

Eh there’s loads of top inter country players in other professions.

Horsebox · January 16, 2018, 4:18pm

There is but that doesn’t mean having a part time job or being a student doesn’t make it easier.

anon70480284 · January 16, 2018, 5:23pm

Vast majority are students or teachers or else getting money through various sponsors. Not to many IC players working in stressful environments or over physical jobs.
Reading the Barron article he has has every intention of getting a career job once the IC days are over.

backinatracksuit · January 16, 2018, 5:52pm

He will in his hole, once he gets used to the easy life he won’t want a proper job, probably wouldn’t be able for it

myboyblue · January 16, 2018, 6:11pm

Dublin players don’t count

carryharry · January 16, 2018, 6:25pm

We’ll take your educated word for it.

glasagusban · January 16, 2018, 7:01pm

Like who?

alf_stewart · January 16, 2018, 8:38pm

I don’t have the stats to hand but taking the top hurling teams in the county to be Galway and tipp and Dublin and mayo and maybe Kerry as the top football teams would you think the majority of those players are not teachers or students. I would.

balbec · January 16, 2018, 9:21pm

Some joke. “Yerra who gives a fuck about the kids, throw a few hurlers in for a handy number to ‘teach’ them”.

peddlerscross · January 16, 2018, 10:11pm

Barron a good man. Only telling it as it is.

glasagusban · January 16, 2018, 11:00pm

Dublin players at least are given a hell of a lot of leeway, not on the same terms as other professionals at all.

Turenne · January 17, 2018, 1:21am

You could argue he is being very honest. Still a bollocks though. He’d have to be pretty thick to come out with this shit publicly as well.

peddlerscross · January 17, 2018, 7:47am

Let it be is my advice. He’s young and hurling means a lot to him.

He’s only saying what the vast majority think of the teaching profession.

anon70480284 · January 17, 2018, 8:26am

He’s only going doing the course now to be a teacher which will take a year or two, anyhow he said he’s going off working for the Radley’s in the meantime

myboyblue · March 15, 2018, 9:18pm

Waterford opt to play Tipperary in Munster SHC on June 3 in Limerick as Walsh Park not an option

Horsebox · March 15, 2018, 9:22pm

For fuck sake.