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It's not just governments. Everyone wants to see the housing crisis sorted untill you remind them that building loads of affordable housing will bring down the price of their own house
Breezy (Limerick) - Posts: 1236 - 16/06/2020 15:37:13 2281047 Link 5 |
Fair point!
Lockjaw (Donegal) - Posts: 9116 - 16/06/2020 21:15:49 2281078 Link 1 |
God..this thread is going way off tangent.. moros (Roscommon) - Posts: 1078 - 17/06/2020 22:36:07 2281163 Link 0 |
I attended the GAA webinar this week but not sure I learned much more. Underage football in particular is confusing, for example you need 2 coaches (or 1 coach and 1 parent) for 8 players. Quite a lot of club teams would have 20+ players on an underage team, if you had 26 players this would mean 8 coaches and a covid19 officer. This feels like it wouldn't be plausible for most clubs. Green_Gold (Donegal) - Posts: 1873 - 18/06/2020 11:01:48 2281183 Link 1 |
That's a massive part of it. People want affordable and social housing but not beside their gaf! People love the idea of their house being worth x amount but it's just an ego thing really. You have live somewhere so even if you sell your house for mega money you'll have to them buy another house for mega money in anyways. MesAmis (Dublin) - Posts: 13705 - 18/06/2020 11:23:03 2281184 Link 5 |
The ratios that they gave for Underage are already what are in the code of conduct and nothing to do with COVID.
zinny (Wexford) - Posts: 1800 - 18/06/2020 11:58:57 2281185 Link 1 |
I actually didn't know that. I always thought that as long as you had two coaches with a group of kids, you were ok. I doubt if there is a single club in the country who have a ratio of 2 coaches per 8 players for kids. The team I am involved in has 3 coaches for around 25 kids and a lot of the time one coach cannot make it, so you end up with 2 for the whole group. It is really tough going for 2 coaches with 20+ kids, even before all these rules and regulations that are coming with covid19. I am not trying to criticize anyone, just the way things are at the moment is going to make a difficult job even harder.
Green_Gold (Donegal) - Posts: 1873 - 18/06/2020 14:30:16 2281199 Link 1 |
I agree, I am not sure how many clubs are adhering to the guideline. I understand the intention of the rule although the second coach or parent with the 8 is harder to understand but the reality of it is that sometimes its very difficult to achieve and what then - the kids cannot play? I guess it best practice and clubs should aim to achieve it but reality many won't.
zinny (Wexford) - Posts: 1800 - 18/06/2020 16:59:06 2281211 Link 1 |
It will be interesting to see if any of the proposed changes by the government in accelerating some of the measures in the Phases will change the GAAs previous held views on what should happen. If there is an opportunity that crowds of less than 5,000 would be allowed in September they should allow clubs to play further into September so they can get crowds to their games. Move the finishing of the league to before club championship. zinny (Wexford) - Posts: 1800 - 19/06/2020 17:38:03 2281296 Link 1 |
The lockdown is over. The GAA should organize to proceed with the finishing of the National leagues in July. They should limit the crowds to a socially distant number. And be careful with crowd control. This is a big moment. And the GAA should grasp it. galwayford (Galway) - Posts: 2517 - 19/06/2020 22:13:24 2281319 Link 1 |
The lockdown is over. The GAA should organize to proceed with the finishing of the National leagues in July. They should limit the crowds to a socially distant number. And be careful with crowd control. This is a big moment. And the GAA should grasp it. galwayford (Galway) - Posts: 2517 - 19/06/2020 22:13:24 2281320 Link 2 |
Hopefully the GAA allow contact training from the 29th June and play the first club matches from the 17th of July instead of the 31st after the government announcement today. Would give county boards a big help in deciding club fixtures, that extra bit of breathing room. Would also make it feel a bit more like we are getting a good Summer of football instead of the feeling of starting towards the end of Summer. Kerry15 (Kerry) - Posts: 958 - 19/06/2020 23:55:47 2281337 Link 1 |
I was at webinar and the reality (on the ground in Dublin) lockdown is dead in the water. These guidelines, rules etc are obsolete.
arock (Dublin) - Posts: 4895 - 20/06/2020 01:17:47 2281340 Link 1 |
Agree with you there, nobody is following any rules anymore. Was at the local supermarket yesterday and using the hand sanitiser at the entry, most people were going in without bothering to hand wash. There is no point in the GAA trying to enforce rules that the general population are ignoring.
Green_Gold (Donegal) - Posts: 1873 - 20/06/2020 09:11:22 2281341 Link 1 |
It's a weird mix. Mrs Lion and I went to the supermarket yesterday and there was a well behaved queue - probably more than two metres apart, if anything. Once you're in, it's harder to keep apart - until you get to the checkout and you're back to an orderly queue. lionofludesch (Down) - Posts: 475 - 20/06/2020 09:56:33 2281343 Link 1 |
Certainly waiting to mid October to start the inter county championship seems pointless.
endgame (Roscommon) - Posts: 2156 - 20/06/2020 11:03:41 2281349 Link 2 |
the way things are been fast tracked i wouldnt be surprised if the hurling and football allrelands are finished by mid november.....its gas when you think back to mid april and to listen to the experts that were on here saying there would be no hurling or football this year and some were saying none next year either.... munsterchamps (Limerick) - Posts: 1095 - 20/06/2020 11:28:58 2281350 Link 4 |
I dont bother with the store handwash as I dont trust every store is using anti viral gel and are instead using antibac which is useless for Covid so unless the staff are watching me I then do it to be polite but otherwise use my own
Breezy (Limerick) - Posts: 1236 - 20/06/2020 11:50:52 2281352 Link 1 |
Clearly they weren't experts.!
endgame (Roscommon) - Posts: 2156 - 20/06/2020 16:15:16 2281370 Link 1 |
Doom merchants. There an irritating bunch of people.
Dec82 (Clare) - Posts: 242 - 20/06/2020 18:02:20 2281382 Link 1 |