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Cork players' strike

  • 14-11-2007 1:25pm
    #1
    MGrah
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    Mods - I have put this in a new thread because I believe it is a very different issue to the general GPA strike and should be discussed separately.

    Let me start by saying that I fully agree with the idea of a manager being able to choose his own selectors...

    but

    ...I also think that the precedent arising from the Cork players' strike is very worrying. The issue is very different from the GPA strike threat because the GPA strike is based on player welfare (put whatever spin you want on that) etc. and the players have a right to air their views. On the other hand what the players are attempting to do in Cork is to overturn a decision taken at county board level and effectively interfere with how the GAA in that county is administrated.
    The GAA is essentially a democratic organisation, where all full members have an equal say in the running of the organisation, through their club. Every intercounty player has the opportunity to put forward motions at their clubs AGM for consideration that will be brought forward to the county board if they are supported.
    A group of 60 elite players deciding that they want to overturn a decision taken by the county board (a board that represents thousands of players and members) is simply wrong, no matter how well intentioned the matter itself might be. We are already seeing a situation where the elite of the GPA are focussing almost exclusively (in public anyway) on their own interests and the 'average joe' club player is an irrelevance at best to that group. This type of action whereby a small number of individuals who hold a balance of power can dictate to the rest of the organisation how things run is not a happy road.
    What next? County players dictating the scheduling of the club season, re-directing funds from local development to the county team?


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