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Should the gaa go pro or semi pro - poll

  • 13-10-2008 10:04am
    #1
    ibuprofen
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    Amateur or professional post

    I know this will be a very controversial topic and one people will feel strongly about but I think one well worth talking about so no spoilers please.

    With Australian scouts coming over from the AFL I believe we need to react. These players are a cheap alternative for the afl teams so i'd say that more and more scouts will be coming over from various AFL clubs. The young irish players are going over for 20000 on a trial contract which is only a few grand above min wage.

    Something similar happened between rugby and rugby league (Australian rugby). With the help of sky sports rugby league became professional . At the time rugby union was still amateur and alot of it's best players changed codes and made what seemed a superior brand of rugby (rugby league). Long story short, rugby union was forced into professionalism and is now the preeminent rugby code.

    I believe we should pay our players at county level. They could be payed a set wage that is the same in every county. I would suggest around 80000 for a first team player with fringe players on 30000 and then payed extra per match they play in. This would be enough for players to train full time. This could be given in the form of a car for example which the GAA could buy in bulk directly from car manafacturers at a good price.

    I would say this would cost around 2,000,000 € all in ,per county ,per code. Not every county plays both hurling and football , There will be coaches and physios etc that need to be payed too. The bigger counties will definitely be subsidising the less populated counties. But considering gate receipts alone Dublin would more than cover a counties costs in one game similar to Cork in Pairc Ui Caoimh. Even Donegal with two games in Ballybuffet would have made around a million in gate receipts.

    The GAA already pay officials and administrators so why not reward the people we go to watch. They give up alot for the love of the game.

    Most people have agree with some kind of payment being recieved by the players in the origional post . This is just a poll .

    GAA -Amateur or Pro? 8 votes

    Fully Pro with no limit on players wages
    0% 0 votes
    Professional but with all players in all counties getting a standard wage
    12% 1 vote
    Semi Pro - expenses and small lump sum payment
    37% 3 votes
    It should stay exactly the way it is
    50% 4 votes


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