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side show bob (961 Posts)	Posted: 09-May-2012 16:24	Quote Edit Delete Report Post Post Reply
side show bob (961 Posts)	After reading a number of threads her recently, it has come to me that gaelic games should not be played by people with human traits and faults .I was at a number of matches the last few weeks and some of the incidents I saw were outrageous. Such as lads bodychecking players, poking opponents with hurleys, tripping, grabbing, pulling, giving lip, moving the ball an extra few yards, shouldering one another even when their is no ball....I could go on. Shocking stuff from players playing a contact sport. The sooner the GAA becomes a non contact sport played by beings who have no human frailities or weaknesses the better. That kind of sport should please a number of individuals on this site...it just aint cricket.
The Badger (862 Posts)	Posted: 09-May-2012 16:33	Quote Edit Delete Report Post Post Reply
The Badger (862 Posts)	Yeah but Eugene Magee, Pat Spillane etc will still want a handpass rule implemented
ian o b (438 Posts)	Posted: 09-May-2012 16:38	Quote Edit Delete Report Post Post Reply
ian o b (438 Posts)	Bill Bryson described Cricket best: "After years of patient study (and with cricket there can be no other kind) I have decided that there is nothing wrong with the game that the introduction of golf carts wouldn't fix in a hurry. It is not true that the English invented cricket as a way of making all other human endeavors look interesting and lively; that was merely an unintended side effect. I don't wish to denigrate a sport that is enjoyed by millions, some of them awake and facing the right way, but it is an odd game. It is the only sport that incorporates meal breaks. It is the only sport that shares its name with an insect. It is the only sport in which spectators burn as many calories as players -- more if they are moderately restless. It is the only competitive activity of any type, other than perhaps baking, in which you can dress in white from head to toe and be as clean at the end of the day as you were at the beginning. Imagine a form of baseball in which the pitcher, after each delivery, collects the ball from the catcher and walks slowly with it to center field; and that there, after a minute's pause to collect himself, he turns and runs full tilt toward the pitcher's mound before hurling the ball at the ankles of a man who stands before him wearing a riding hat, heavy gloves of the sort used to to handle radio-active isotopes, and a mattress strapped to each leg. Imagine moreover that if this batsman fails to hit the ball in a way that heartens him sufficiently to try to waddle forty feet with mattress's strapped to his legs, he is under no formal compunction to run; he may stand there all day, and, as a rule, does. If by some miracle he is coaxed into making a misstroke that leads to his being put out, all the fielders throw up their arms in triumph and have a hug. Then tea is called and every one retires happily to a distant pavilion to fortify for the next siege. Now imagine all this going on for so long that by the time the match concludes autumn has crept in and all your library books are overdue. There you have cricket."
ian o b (438 Posts)	Posted: 09-May-2012 16:39	Quote Edit Delete Report Post Post Reply
ian o b (438 Posts)	Bill Bryson on how hurling was invented: “I'm quite certain that if the rest of the world vanished overnight and the development of cricket were left in Australian hands, within a generation, the players would be wearing shorts and using the bats to hit each other, and the thing is, it'd be a much better game for it.” (His geography is a little off but I'll forgive him)
carryharry (4,804 Posts)	Posted: 09-May-2012 16:48	Quote Edit Delete Report Post Post Reply
carryharry (4,804 Posts)	I will not attend another GAA match until shin,crotch,hand,nose,ear,elbow,forearm and finally arse pads are enforced as normal attire. I cannot sleep at night anymore thinking of the harm these animals are inflicting on each other at matches. No wonder trolleys are full throughout emergency wards in hospitals. Full body padding now i say! Thank you SSB for addressing this pressing matter. See you at book club later?
squareba11 (304 Posts)	Posted: 09-May-2012 16:53	Quote Edit Delete Report Post Post Reply
squareba11 (304 Posts)	Its the same with every field sport these days. Look at the way soccer has gone. This trial by video after the incident by the media has changed the games completely in the last ten years. For the worst as well. Any bit of a row at all and people go overboard calling the players a disgrace and thugs. You'd swear that lads are going around shooting each other the way any bit of a row or hitting or pulling and dragging are being criticised. No harm having a bit of bite in games within reason. I miss the days of lads getting hit taking it and giving it back and going about their business without any fuss. If things continue hurling football and soccer wont be enjoyable for me to watch as there will be no tackling whatsoever.
Bicycle Kick (101 Posts)	Posted: 09-May-2012 16:55	Quote Edit Delete Report Post Post Reply
Bicycle Kick (101 Posts)	Originally posted by side show bob: After reading a number of threads her recently, it has come to me that gaelic games should not be played by people with human traits and faults .I was at a number of matches the last few weeks and some of the incidents I saw were outrageous. Such as lads bodychecking players, poking opponents with hurleys, tripping, grabbing, pulling, giving lip, moving the ball an extra few yards, shouldering one another even when their is no ball....I could go on. Shocking stuff from players playing a contact sport. The sooner the GAA becomes a non contact sport played by beings who have no human frailities or weaknesses the better. That kind of sport should please a number of individuals on this site...it just aint cricket. It is the violence and general air of menace that attracts most people to gaelic games.
carryharry (4,804 Posts)	Posted: 09-May-2012 16:56	Quote Edit Delete Report Post Post Reply
carryharry (4,804 Posts)	Yeah i hate when they play the game skillfully.
side show bob (961 Posts)	Posted: 09-May-2012 16:57	Quote Edit Delete Report Post Post Reply
side show bob (961 Posts)	Originally posted by carryharry: I will not attend another GAA match until shin,crotch,hand,nose,ear,elbow,forearm and finally arse pads are enforced as normal attire.I cannot sleep at night anymore thinking of the harm these animals are inflicting on each other at matches. No wonder trolleys are full throughout emergency wards in hospitals.Full body padding now i say!Thank you SSB for addressing this pressing matter.See you at book club later? Knitting for me harry..without the needles mind, to dangerous. slow going though.
carryharry (4,804 Posts)	Posted: 09-May-2012 17:00	Quote Edit Delete Report Post Post Reply
carryharry (4,804 Posts)	Wooly hats and mits for the kiddies around here i hope SBB?
ian o b (438 Posts)	Posted: 09-May-2012 17:17	Quote Edit Delete Report Post Post Reply
ian o b (438 Posts)	Originally posted by Bicycle Kick: It is the violence and general air of menace that attracts most people to gaelic games. +1. Nobody has ever gone away from a match complaining that their team were too physical/dirty. Usually it's the reverse, they weren't physical/dirty enough. I remember when we had Semplegate with Clare & Cork. I was working in a bar in north Tipp at the time. There was a good 20 or more along the counter to watch the match (God be with the days) and when the two teams came out flaking into each other the roars of delight could probably be heard in Thurles! Between the scrap being broken up and the ball being thrown in the general consensus was that we were "going to be in for a right good game" if they're that fired up. A good row is great for attendance and TV ratings.
The Badger (862 Posts)	Posted: 09-May-2012 17:20	Quote Edit Delete Report Post Post Reply
The Badger (862 Posts)	11 years old in Hill 16 watching Meath bate lumps out of Mayo in an All Ireland final. One of the most exhillerating moments of my childhood. 2 players sent off out god knows how many swinging for each other. Dont make them like Colm Coyle anymore.
cerebus (3,258 Posts)	Posted: 09-May-2012 19:02	Quote Edit Delete Report Post Post Reply
cerebus (3,258 Posts)	Originally posted by side show bob: ..lads bodychecking players, poking opponents... tripping, grabbing, pulling, giving lip, moving the ball an extra few yards, shouldering one another even when their is no ball....I could go on. Shocking stuff from players playing a contact sport. The sooner the GAA becomes a non contact sport played by beings who have no human frailities or weaknesses the better. Yerra bob a hostage to fortune there......
side show bob (961 Posts)	Posted: 09-May-2012 19:59	Quote Edit Delete Report Post Post Reply
side show bob (961 Posts)	Originally posted by cerebus: Yerra bob a hostage to fortune there...... I've a sub username warming up for later in da season like. Dont get me started on the Ciarrai authors, actors and assaulters.
cerebus (3,258 Posts)	Posted: 09-May-2012 21:54	Quote Edit Delete Report Post Post Reply
cerebus (3,258 Posts)	Originally posted by side show bob: I've a sub username warming up for later in da season like. Tsk, tsk tsk...it just aint cricket.

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