Jackeen
County: Dublin
Posts: 2593

1639818
Dublin received one fifth of the funds available yet have over a quarter of the population. Wow!!! Shocker!!


It's an outrage alright!! Of course Carlow with 20 odd thousand people should get the same as Dublin with over a million. It's a disgrace!!! Grrrr

bad.monkey (USA) - Posts: 4624 - 21/08/2014 13:23:58    1639903

As usual

Bad Monkey goes out of his way to be different.

jimbodub (Dublin) - Posts: 20600 - 21/08/2014 13:31:16    1639907

bryanadams
County: Kildare
Posts: 513

1639863 Oh, I see, the usual heated posts from the Dubs in denial brigade. Thankfully the GAA are taking action to level the playing field, by considering reducing the enormous funding they provide to Dublin GAA.

And that off course will bring Kildare success, they have all the structures in place all that was lacking was to see Dublin losing some funding that is used for grassroots to kick them on :)
They could only afford two outside managers last year working together ,hopefully with this news they might be able to secure some more .

AthCliath (Dublin) - Posts: 4347 - 21/08/2014 13:33:46    1639911

How very convenient of our Dublin friends to use their population advantage as justification for the outlandish proportion of funding they receive, especially considering Dublin supporters have been denying their population advantage by stating only a small fraction of Dublin people support or play GAA. Jeez, how about embracing honesty and integrity folks.

bryanadams (Kildare) - Posts: 733 - 21/08/2014 13:33:49    1639912

Hopefully Dublin will be able to hang onto more of the massive revenue they generate for the GAA...

I mean it's all about what we get

Nothing from the hear say brigade about what we give back.. and gets spread to everyone..

The many, many millions that have been spread to enrich the GAA off the back of Dublin GAA, it's players, it's volunterrs and it's supporters.

If they want to cut funding fair enough

But we should surely be getting more of the revenue generated seeing that we generate the most to the pot

That sounds fair to me.. those that give the most should get the most.

People should be more open to acknowledging our massive contributions.

But again it's all about what we get for this lot...

Also the next sponsorship deal will be worth more to Dublin GAA

Both Vodafone and AIG were done at a time of a horrendous economic down turn

Amazing achievement for Dublin GAA to negotiate such substantial deals during that time

I can also see more secondary funding coming our way

Only fair, this is all off the back of the massive work being done in securing funding to grow our games in Dublin

Nothing fairer than Dublin being Dublin

It's not our fault that rural life is soon becoming a thing of the past

We deserve to be able to maximize our revenue based on who we are... there is nothing unfair about that

It's just life folks...

Someone will always be on top and Dublin will ALWAYS be on top of this pile in Ireland

Best to get used to it. It's not our fault you're not a Dub... but sure move to Dublin it's open to everyone.. have a few kids and you'll soon be buying them Dub jerseys for Christmas.

We're the biggest brand in the GAA as such we are going to have advantages that come from that...

Get used to it.

jimbodub (Dublin) - Posts: 20600 - 21/08/2014 13:46:36    1639920

bad.monkey
County: USA
Posts: 3849

1639903
Jackeen
County: Dublin
Posts: 2593

1639818
Dublin received one fifth of the funds available yet have over a quarter of the population. Wow!!! Shocker!!


It's an outrage alright!! Of course Carlow with 20 odd thousand people should get the same as Dublin with over a million. It's a disgrace!!! Grrrr


Hahaha... :)

jimbodub (Dublin) - Posts: 20600 - 21/08/2014 13:47:22    1639922

the usual non-response from the likes of bryanadams and the master. I wonder what Kildare's excuse will be the next time they squander their resources on ill thought-out schemes and half-finished projects.

Gavvygavgav (Dublin) - Posts: 383 - 21/08/2014 13:48:44    1639923

TheMaster

How much did Mayo spend last year?

Gavvygavgav (Dublin) - Posts: 383 - 21/08/2014 13:49:16    1639924

Few things.

1. Jimmy has done a decent job if people are still debating his comments.

2. Dublin should get more funding than any other county given there are many more people in the county than anywhere else and as such if Gaelic games facilities are to be available to as many people as possible then this requires money.

3. Dublin should have to play games away from home. The ground size is not the basis for any argument otherwise. When Man U get drawn away in the cup the FA do not decide to play the game at Old Trafford because Man U are popular - no they go to small stadiums like everyone else.

Naysayer (Antrim) - Posts: 2071 - 21/08/2014 13:52:34    1639926

Perhaps if you had spent the money on your clubs instead of putting it into peoples bank accounts you might be better bryanadams :-:

hurlingdub (Dublin) - Posts: 6978 - 21/08/2014 13:53:29    1639927

Nothing short of amazing how aggressive the Dub posters on here at denying the simply outrageous advantages their teams enjoy.

As far as Im concerned, they are not real GAA people if they can't see how unfair it is. Winning at all cost is the bottom line for them.


GAA HQ, with their new money grabbing-bottom line-corporate outlook have let it all happen. And now people in their thousands are losing interest. Whats the point of the sport if its all stacked completely in one teams favour?

Crinigan (Meath) - Posts: 1319 - 21/08/2014 13:55:35    1639930

The facts are that Dublin are now a professional team playing in an amateur competition

To be honest every team that would hope to win an All Ireland title, football or hurlng, has a professional approach these days. As MDMA said in his reply to whatever journalist it was trying to get a headline from his reaction to JMG comments. Anyone who thinks Dublin are the only ones that have applied 'expertise' in various areas of nutrition, conditioning and preparation is deluding themselves.

AHP (Dublin) - Posts: 323 - 21/08/2014 13:58:54    1639935

bryanadams
County: Kildare
Posts: 515

1639863 Oh, I see, the usual heated posts from the Dubs in denial brigade. Thankfully the GAA are taking action to level the playing field, by considering reducing the enormous funding they provide to Dublin GAA.

In denial of what exactly? You haven't answered any of my responses to your "professional team" jibe.

bubba83 (Dublin) - Posts: 333 - 21/08/2014 14:00:42    1639937

I do not have the figures but can someone tell me how much money do the DUBS, in all codes generate, and then we will know if Dulbin are a net contributor or a net taker.

As you can see when it comes to votes counties vote to keep Dublin in Croker etc becuase Dublin are generating more money than they take, but I would love to know the actual figures.

witnof (Dublin) - Posts: 1604 - 21/08/2014 14:03:56    1639938

How else are funds decided if it's not on the basis of population? Genuine question bryanadams? Do you know?

Jackeen (Dublin) - Posts: 4097 - 21/08/2014 14:10:02    1639944

Im confused, if Dublin have one quarter of Ireland's population and therefore should get more funding than whole provinces then what is the argument against spilting the county again?

realman2 (Kildare) - Posts: 464 - 21/08/2014 14:15:17    1639948

How else are funds decided if it's not on the basis of population? Genuine question bryanadams? Do you know?

I would like less money for games development and more money for upgraded stadiums, apart from croke park any stadium i've been to (and that's about 20 stadiums) is a dump.

realman2 (Kildare) - Posts: 464 - 21/08/2014 14:20:18    1639955

Jackeen
County: Dublin
Posts: 2594

1639944 How else are funds decided if it's not on the basis of population? Genuine question bryanadams? Do you know?

I would suggest the GAA authorities take the assets and other funding each county receives into consideration when allocating funding, and that is what they appear to be contemplating.

Full house home games for the dubs in Croker should supply generous funds for the development of Gaelic games in other counties.

I am sure the Dublin faithful would be delighted to help finance and support an initiative, to encourage more children from rural Ireland to partake in our games

bryanadams (Kildare) - Posts: 733 - 21/08/2014 14:21:13    1639957

bryanadams
County: Kildare
Posts: 515

1639912
How very convenient of our Dublin friends to use their population advantage as justification for the outlandish proportion of funding they receive, especially considering Dublin supporters have been denying their population advantage by stating only a small fraction of Dublin people support or play GAA. Jeez, how about embracing honesty and integrity folks.

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That's a silly comment though isn't it. Dublin are investing money to 'promote games' in the capital. You're hardly going to promote games amongst the people who already play them. Jayzus, I hope you're not a salesman! How about some brain engagement before you post.

So back to the very relevant topic therefore of population.....

Kildare GAA spend per head of population in 2012....€9.62 per head

Dublin GAA spend per head of population in 2012.... €2.40 per head

Nuff said!

The horsey money is going somewhere but where??

Joxer (Dublin) - Posts: 4700 - 21/08/2014 14:23:15    1639960

Crinigan
County: Meath
Posts: 56

1639930 Nothing short of amazing how aggressive the Dub posters on here at denying the simply outrageous advantages their teams enjoy.

As far as Im concerned, they are not real GAA people if they can't see how unfair it is. Winning at all cost is the bottom line for them.

Oh dear going round in circles here. No one is denying Dublin have huge resources. My point all along is that these resources count for little without having a quality panel & management team. Dublin hammered Meath out the gate because right now we are way ahead in terms of quality. You and others denying this simple fact and putting our success down to "our advantages" is insulting to those that see all the hard work that's been put in by many over the past few years.

bubba83 (Dublin) - Posts: 333 - 21/08/2014 14:25:19    1639962