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Bit surprised that no one else has mentioned this exhibition match, then again maybe that's a good thing, probably shows that the posters on this forum are genuine gaels, yet another example of the fact that the GPA are totally out of touch with the reality of matters within the Association. An utterly ridiculous concept to try and apparently sell hurling to the Yanks. My good friend Sean Potty earned himself another trip Stateside for this junket, a bastardisation of the great game of hurling, the GPA would be better off trying to promote hurling further in the likes of Fermanagh, Cavan and Longford than earning dollars in the states. Then again, that wouldn't earn much publicity, a referee from one of the participating teams, a disgraceful row where no one was sanctioned, best of all, the GPA claimed that it sold 28,000 tickets for the match, eh, slight matter of major colleges American football match followed, their claim akin to claiming that 38,500 attended the shinty on Saturday. kawaifive0 (Westmeath) - Posts: 112 - 23/11/2015 21:56:23 1809400 Link 0 |
Some of us older posters have seen this before. slayer (Limerick) - Posts: 6480 - 24/11/2015 08:15:54 1809402 Link 0 |
Why would the GPA try and help promote hurling in the likes of Donegal, Longford etc There wouldn't be any chance of them making any money from teams like that now would there? Also there wouldn't be any trips to America out of it for them costm (Laois) - Posts: 92 - 24/11/2015 08:59:40 1809409 Link 0 |
Totally agree. Read a few papers this morning and the GPA are still standing by this rubbish, praising it and plans to promote it further. Why? lasttoknow (Tyrone) - Posts: 99 - 24/11/2015 09:06:07 1809410 Link 0 |
While I agree that the yanks wont buy this I am a bit more open to the concept. 11 a side games have been going on as part of tournaments for a while now and its probably no harm to experiment with the rules a bit to make them more exiting. It will only ever be for exhibition purposes so I dont see the harm. In some ways the get the ball, run at the man and strike for goal approach is a lot of the good parts of hurling especially if a bit of close contact physicality is allowed. Games where half or more of the scores come from placed balls are becoming less interesting to me anyway. jpcampion (Laois) - Posts: 194 - 24/11/2015 09:33:23 1809416 Link 0 |
The football match was held on Saturday so it does appear as the game did attract 28,000 on its own merits. Catmandu (Dublin) - Posts: 6 - 24/11/2015 09:33:38 1809417 Link 0 |
kawaifive0 - good post, I agree with everything you said. There's not much point promoting the game abroad when we don't even promote it properly at home. I also think that hurling would be much better showcased as it is. Tom1916 (Armagh) - Posts: 2001 - 24/11/2015 09:37:18 1809418 Link 0 |
Lads what county was the ref from? ConnollyDub (Dublin) - Posts: 2007 - 24/11/2015 09:59:30 1809428 Link 0 |
If you held it in cavan or whatever, noone would even bother to turn up, or what was the attendance at the Cavan county hurling final? I think it was more a juncket than a serious attempt at promoting hurling, although it can't have done any harm in the promotion of GAA and Ireland in general. I think both the row and the OTT celebrations were semi-staged, or at least encouraged to impress the yanks, and they were probably good ideas. If you pay in to see a tournament, you'd like to be led yo believe that winning it at least means something to the teams involved. It comes across better than the usual GAA player semi-embarrassed reaction, as if they were caught stealing sheep flack (Dublin) - Posts: 1054 - 24/11/2015 11:01:24 1809450 Link 0 |
Awful concept I turned it over after about 5 minutes, too slow and too much tippy tappy stuff, it was like a hockey match ffs! bumpernut (Antrim) - Posts: 1852 - 24/11/2015 11:09:46 1809453 Link 0 |
Belclare1 (Galway) - Posts: 1626 - 24/11/2015 11:11:57 1809454 Link 0 |
Thh referee was from Galway, ConnollyDub. CroiGorm (Dublin) - Posts: 1547 - 24/11/2015 11:14:16 1809455 Link 0 |
bennybunny (Cork) - Posts: 3917 - 24/11/2015 11:31:32 1809460 Link 0 |
I thought it was a decent game given the circumstances.They didn't have a field big enough for a proper hurling match so it was the next best thing.I know for a fact that the Irish in Boston were delighted to be able to see some sort of hurling in the flesh as it were. Condorman (Dublin) - Posts: 983 - 24/11/2015 13:03:53 1809489 Link 0 |
Why did the Galway goalkeeper feel the need to run the length of the field to jump "rugby" style into the melee?I thought that was a disgrace.Also,i thought the celebrations were exagerated.You'd think some of the Galway lads had just won the All Ireland,as opposed to a n exhibition game. cuederocket (Dublin) - Posts: 5084 - 24/11/2015 13:41:55 1809506 Link 0 |
Yeah i'm glad people agree that the whole thing is a folly. Between it and that cross shinty rubbish it makes you wonder who are making these decisions and on what basis. Floops (Dublin) - Posts: 1623 - 24/11/2015 13:48:26 1809512 Link 0 |
I cant see what is the point of blaming the GPA. AIG payed for, and promoted the whole event. It would have been foolish to turn down the offer and opportunity. I doubt AIG would have made the sum invested for this event available had a game been played under different circumstances in Ireland. As a previous poster mentioned, the American football game was played on Saturday night. The 28,000 in Fenway on Sunday were there for the hurling. There was a huge effort made by AIG, the TV station NESN and other businesses within the city to promote the game. The Boston Northeast GAA Board were not directly involved in the organization of the event, however I understand the AIG and GPA made every effort to keep them close to proceedings at all times and the Board also made a big effort to promoted the game. Hopefully they made some good connections. Steelfixer (USA) - Posts: 41 - 24/11/2015 15:08:14 1809546 Link 0 |
People would want to lighten up a bit ffs. tearintom (Wexford) - Posts: 1304 - 24/11/2015 15:21:05 1809549 Link 0 |
Its the same old GAA approach to anything new or different, cant be having that, down with that sort of thing. Heaven forbid we try anything different in the GAA. In reality what harm did this do to the ordinary GAA punter, nothing apart from a bit of begrudgery for a few lads getting away to Boston as far as i can see. slayer (Limerick) - Posts: 6480 - 24/11/2015 15:47:51 1809557 Link 0 |
Imagine a mass brawl if the Fenway classic was a football game between Tyrone and Dublin....! yew_tree (Mayo) - Posts: 11219 - 24/11/2015 15:57:09 1809561 Link 0 |