http://www.squareball.com/blog/2010/04/29/sean-og-wants-pay-for-play/ Just another WordPress weblog Sat, 06 Nov 2010 00:58:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.squareball.com/blog/2010/04/29/sean-og-wants-pay-for-play/comment-page-1/#comment-1447 Liam Mon, 20 Sep 2010 15:30:49 +0000 http://www.squareball.com/?p=1453#comment-1447 Thats not the way to go with the GAA, it was set up to be run as a community oriented structure, it should be kept that way! If the GAA went down the road of pay for play, it'll just end up turning it professional. If we did that, we'd have a system where the top clubs and counties would be paying for the best players from around the country and it ruins the whole principles of the GAA, it means that young players who aren't as good as some will be shunted and it's not the ethos the GAA has! Thats the beauty of the GAA, an inter-county player who played in front of 40,000 people on any given Sunday will be giving you a receipt in a bank or fixing your electrics on the Monday! Thats not the way to go with the GAA, it was set up to be run as a community oriented structure, it should be kept that way! If the GAA went down the road of pay for play, it’ll just end up turning it professional. If we did that, we’d have a system where the top clubs and counties would be paying for the best players from around the country and it ruins the whole principles of the GAA, it means that young players who aren’t as good as some will be shunted and it’s not the ethos the GAA has! Thats the beauty of the GAA, an inter-county player who played in front of 40,000 people on any given Sunday will be giving you a receipt in a bank or fixing your electrics on the Monday!

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