Where?
Whatās your thoughts on John Delaneyās contribution to Irish soccer?
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No because the GAA get almost treble the funding despite having less playing numbers
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The soccer club are not entitled to use the facilities, however, presumably to cover the costs of the building and operational costs, the club rent out this facility.
The soccer club arenāt going in demanding itās use or trespassing, they are paying an agreed fee to rent it out for an hour or whatever, which suits all parties.
If your golf club rents out the lake and you can pay to swim in it, then why canāt you? No one is talking about entitlement here.
I play soccer twice a week in two neighbouring gaa club facilities and my son trains soccer in one of them too. Pretty much all of us playing soccer are involved in our local gaa clubs too. The rent they get on these indoor soccer games runs into thousands per month and help them pay off the debt to build them.
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That funding is from Sport Ireland, not from the Exchequer. The money from Sport Ireland that goes to any sports organization would not be going instead, say, to build a new hospital. The distinction is a basic one. You really need to get a grip.
Besides, why are you so bigoted about one of the planetās great sports organizations, the GAA, getting funding from Sport Ireland? The money is extremely well spent as cultural capital.
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No itās not. The reason the FAI has shit facilities is because itās always been run by corrupt crooks like your hero John Delaney.
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Tomorrow morning thereāll be lads lining soccer pitches up and down the country, hanging up nets on goals, getting the gear off the line they washed at home, preparing the half time oranges and jaffa cakes at their own expense. Washing and cleaning the water bottles. Getting thousands of lads out and active but these are āsoccer headsā and arenāt the same class of volunteers as are in the GAH
What a horrible closeted mentality to have
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Sports funding for cultural capital
I can see a problem
2020 was a one off . ā¬15 million was to run a championship
The state bailed out the FAI a few years back . They would have went bankrupt
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Have a look at the land commission
I have no problem with a soccer club ā or a whatever club ā using a GAA facility. I think the current rule, while understandable, is a hypocrisy, in light of Croke Park being āopened upā.
I am just allergic to the standard guff trotted out by soccer heads.
I just drove by Ballymun Kickhams. There was gaelic football being played on it.
Iām not defending the FAI because they are indefensible.
Iām arguing that it is utterly wrong for the GAA to turn away local lads from paying for an advertised facility.
Iām being met with whataboutery, arrogance and insults which is very telling
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One of the reasons why hurling has never spread to.most of the country
You are some flute where this subject is concerned.
A triumph of taste, you could say.
You must be looking in the mirror, so.
Iām playing no different a tune than you. āSoccer headsā
You agree with my argument and yet still somehow try to condescend
The argument about grants received from public funding is a bit of a strawman, all told.
If my neighbour received a grant for insulation/retrofitting/heat pump installation etc, does it mean Iām entitled to go into their house and take a shit wherever I like?
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