Where does all the GAA money go?

Hal Emmerich

The money they take in from Gate receipts and sponsorship and wherever else money comes in from?

The players get nothing, well the vast majority get nothing, whenever I see a village pitch getting a make-over the Lottery seem to pay for it (I thought the Lottery money went to good causes?).

So who where does all the money go?

Guy:Incognito

Stadiums costs money to build. I'm sure money gets funnelled to clubs aswell.

Im Only 71Kg

brown envelopes..all over the shop.

joe stodge

to the stinking culchies.

Teutorix

Greedy cúnts

joshrogan

Coke and hookers for the big christmas bash at the end of the year. No wait that's Anglo...

cena

I don't get a cent for helping out in the club or get money money for driving kids too matches in my car. Would be nice for players too get paid

Richard Hillman

Fianna Fail and church donations

Sticjones

For the effort the players put in all year, they are really the ones getting shafted. Even league of Ireland soccer players get paid.

I did some quick calculations and estimated the GAA will make over €4,000,000 on ticket sales alone for ONE MATCH - (Dublin vs. Kerry next Sunday). That doesn't include all the advertising/sponsorship/television rights/etc. The security (gardai) is paid for by the tax payer. And that's just one championship match out of a whole summers worth.

There is someone receiving serious amounts of money in there somewhere, and it's definitely not the teams.

rossie1977

even though the players don't get paid there are many within the gaa family that do

interesting piece from 2002 where it states it costs nearly €14,000 a day just to keep croke park open http://www.independent.ie/opinion/analysis/it-costs-13700-a-day-just-to-run-croke-park-292715.html

Cossax

Someone who's involved in gah might be able to break it down more but I'd guess it goes to clubs in the form of grants for field/clubhouse development, equipment costs, insurance, rents, heating, lighting, stadium development and so on.

The_Kew_Tour

flags, scarfs and headbands

CiaranC

Hal Emmerich wrote: »

The money they take in from Gate receipts and sponsorship and wherever else money comes in from?

The players get nothing

lol, theres more backhanders in the GAH than there is in the whole two weeks of Wimbledon

Do people still actually buy this "amateur" crap

Teutorix

rossie1977 wrote: »

even though the players don't get paid there are many within the gaa family that do

interesting piece from 2002 where it states it costs nearly €14,000 a day just to keep croke park open http://www.independent.ie/opinion/analysis/it-costs-13700-a-day-just-to-run-croke-park-292715.html

Mostly covered by the all ireland football final generating millions in revenue.

Not to mention government funding.

Teutorix

CiaranC wrote: »

lol, theres more backhanders in the GAH than there is in the whole two weeks of Wimbledon

Do people still actually buy this "amateur" crap

That explains why the bomber was working in a bank... even if they do get something, they still have jobs so clearly its not alot.

starviewadams

To the boggers so that they can buy loads of pairs of tiny shorts and butchers uniforms for the auld lads who stand beside the goals waving flags.

Some of the money also goes to the inter-county hang sangwich fund aswell.

rossie1977

Teutorix wrote: »

Mostly covered by the all ireland football final generating millions in revenue.

Not to mention government funding.

the gaa run more stadiums than croke park remember there are big grounds in towns like castlebar, clones, salthill, limerick, thurles, all cost lots of money to maintain, insure and keep open

Teutorix

rossie1977 wrote: »

the gaa run more stadiums than croke park remember there are big grounds in towns like castlebar, clones, salthill, limerick, thurles, all cost lots of money to maintain, insure and keep open

So do the FAI... its a fair comparison. How can the FAI afford to pay players when the GAA cant?

kraggy

starviewadams wrote: »

To the boggers so that they can buy loads of pairs of tiny shorts and butchers uniforms for the auld lads who stand beside the goals waving flags.

Some of the money also goes to the inter-county hang sangwich fund aswell.

How are the Dublin Football or Hurling team, or any other team from an urban area, "boggers" exactly?

The slagging GAA gets between calling its members boggers, or the games themselves "bogball" is quite pathetic.

Grow up.

Cossax

Teutorix wrote: »

So do the FAI... its a fair comparison. How can the FAI afford to pay players when the GAA cant?

Different situations.
Does the FAI pay players or do individual clubs?
How many clubs pay players and how much?
How many of these clubs that pay players have been in severe financial trouble in the last few years?
What percentage of their income goes into developing the game?

ballsymchugh

Sticjones wrote: »

For the effort the players put in all year, they are really the ones getting shafted. Even league of Ireland soccer players get paid.

I did some quick calculations and estimated the GAA will make over €4,000,000 on ticket sales alone for ONE MATCH - (Dublin vs. Kerry next Sunday). That doesn't include all the advertising/sponsorship/television rights/etc. The security (gardai) is paid for by the tax payer. And that's just one championship match out of a whole summers worth.

There is someone receiving serious amounts of money in there somewhere, and it's definitely not the teams.

major events organisers have to contribute to payment of security, from concerts to football matches. they get a bill from the dept of justice for the lend of the gardai.

the fai isn't really a fair comparison when you look at the size of the soccer clubs. some intermediate GAA club grounds are more impressive than LOI grounds.

just out of interest, does every LOI club own their ground? i'm pretty sure shamrock rovers' ground is owned by south dublin coco, which was part of the reason it took so long for them to move there.

kraggy

Teutorix wrote: »

So do the FAI... its a fair comparison. How can the FAI afford to pay players when the GAA cant?

It's not that they can't. They won't. That's because they want the amateur status to remain because as soon as professionalism is introduced, there'll be lads changing teams left right and centre for money.

The reason GAA attendances kick the ass off those of soccer or rugby is that there's a sense of belonging to people's teams. The lads who play for your team are from your area. Loyalty, pride and passion keep the numbers up.

Super-Rush

Its all been invested in an online forum.