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government and Sports

  • 17-05-2007 1:00am
    #1
    Lazairus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 303 ✭✭


    it is my firm belief , that some sporting organizations are greatly underfunded by the government. That there are Athletes with huge potential ,that have to stay amateur, because of Underfunding .

    Now I know the Irish sports council do a great job , God bless the NCTC. but thats not enough.

    These sports i'm talking about are the minority sports in Ireland,
    I.e Cycling , Running , Rowing , Athletics, Swimming.

    it is the case that most serious athletes in the sports mentioned have to go abroad to train

    Berite declares that he is a man of sport , on the Ryan Tuberty show recently. But all he talks about is GAA. Now dont get me wrong , I think GAA, gamesand the idea of a national Irish sport is great , but i hate the monopoly
    that it holds on the country.

    There are clubs that are just scraping through , because of poor investment

    so what can we do???


    now GAA might be huge , and all , but you cant win an Olympic medal with a hurley or a gaelic ball. the mentioned sports are irish best chances of winning
    especially Rowing. so condsider this when your voting!!


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  • #2
    Marathon Man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 413 ✭✭Marathon Man


    Lazairus wrote:

    now GAA might be huge , and all , but you cant win an Olympic medal with a hurley or a gaelic ball. the mentioned sports are irish best chances of winning
    especially Rowing. so condsider this when your voting!!

    Couldn't agree more with your post. Funny how sport hasn't been an election issue especially as it has knock on effects for both education and health, which are major issues.


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