Originally posted by Site Admin:
GPA have met Cullen

Originally posted by osceola:
Has our president Mr Cooney made any statement on this very important issue yet,or is he just waiting in the long grass?

Originally posted by dubliner 2:


Why would he? It has nothing to do with him.

Originally posted by osceola:
You can`t be serious,can you.Surely your trying to wind me up??

Originally posted by dubliner 2:


The grants are a matter for the players and the Government. What has that got to do with Christy Cooney????

Originally posted by osceola:
Is Cooney not their president as well as yours,does he not represent all things GAA?Has not a sizeable grant already being bestowed on his good self.Surely to God he should be encouraging the goverment to do what it can in support of our indigenous games.His silence   (or paddyism  )  is nothing short of disgraceful and what a glorious opportunity lost on his part to forge a bond with the stars of our games.

Originally posted by osceola:
You can`t be serious,can you.Surely your trying to wind me up??

Originally posted by Glinnti Glasa:


Are you trying to wind us up?

Originally posted by osceola:
Is Cooney not their president as well as yours,does he not represent all things GAA?Has not a sizeable grant already being bestowed on his good self.Surely to God he should be encouraging the goverment to do what it can in support of our indigenous games.His silence   (or paddyism  )  is nothing short of disgraceful and what a glorious opportunity lost on his part to forge a bond with the stars of our games.

Originally posted by osceola:
Cooney in my view should be standing behind the people he represents

Originally posted by dubliner 2:


He is. He is standing by the vast majority of the Association of which he is president who want no truck with the GPA.

Originally posted by JHume:
I was reading Sean Moran in the Irish Times today and it struck me that this payment issue can be resolved by doing a R42 on it – a plebicite of the membership.

The GAA has money. The GPA want a percentage of overall GAA income to fund schemes for the elite players. If the GAA were to give the GPA what it wants, there would be less money to spend elsewhere. Moran also mentioned the €30 million shortfall for capital spending arising from the termination of the lottery funded sports capital scheme.

Let there be an open debate on the facts and the figures. Let each side spell out its case in detail. Let clubs discuss it like they did R42. And vote on it at Congress next April – or even a Special Congress in the autumn.

Originally posted by dubliner 2:


Great idea. We`d see soon enough what support the "elites" have.

Originally posted by osceola:
Has our president Mr Cooney made any statement on this very important issue yet,or is he just waiting in the long grass?

Originally posted by osceola:


Has not a sizeable grant already being bestowed on his good self....what a glorious opportunity lost on his part to forge a bond with the stars of our games.

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This message has been edited - 01-jul-2009 @ 09:46

Originally posted by a langer boy:
Now lads it will go like this over the summer!

No interviews!

No prematch parades!

Then delay a game or two by 15 minutes!

Then a strike! this will not be referred to as a strike!

Then the usual ballyho about not blocking anyone else from from playing with the County team like!

Then the media outriders, shannon, humphries, o`flynn duignan, sean kelly et al will roll in behind the poor players.

So lads are we ready for them this time? We are only putting off the day when they will wreck the Association anyway, its better to plan now. Any threat to the All-Ireland series should result in the the lot being called off and be done with it! Lets get on with the club action and we`ll see what image rights are important then!

Originally posted by redlead:
One thing I will say about GAA grants is that they actually always seem unfair to the other sports. One poster said that the likes of Kenny Egan and other"so called athletes" should not be getting grants, this is wrong.

When I studied in DCU I played squash and not gaa and the likes of the squash club always struggled to get any sort of money which was distributed by the college, who were pouring money into the GAA club so they could win the Siegerson     (which they did    )    . I don`t know but I presume that the gov give a lump sum to each UNI for sports and they decide how to distribute it. GAA always seems to come out on top here anyway.