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The GAA All Star Awrds

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  • #62
    realdanbreen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,311 ✭✭✭realdanbreen


    risteard7 wrote: »
    What does you're talented little brother get in return his dedication? Rushing home to train in the pissing rain, giving up a social life.

    A wage from the gaa? Nope, he gets his dinner from a caterer after training. Tell him to concentrate on his studies or work. That will pay the bills and provide a living not the GAA.


    You sound like a bloke who just never could make the team, your misery is seeping through.


  • #63
    WesternZulu
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,057 ✭✭✭WesternZulu


    risteard7 wrote: »
    What does you're talented little brother get in return his dedication? Rushing home to train in the pissing rain, giving up a social life.

    A wage from the gaa? Nope, he gets his dinner from a caterer after training. Tell him to concentrate on his studies or work. That will pay the bills and provide a living not the GAA.

    Why have hobbies at all if you don't attain money from them?


  • #64
    munster87
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,671 ✭✭✭munster87


    risteard7 wrote: »
    What does you're talented little brother get in return his dedication? Rushing home to train in the pissing rain, giving up a social life.

    A wage from the gaa? Nope, he gets his dinner from a caterer after training. Tell him to concentrate on his studies or work. That will pay the bills and provide a living not the GAA.

    How do you know that he doesn't also focus on his studies or work?


  • #65
    elefant
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,697 ✭✭✭elefant


    risteard7 wrote: »
    What does you're talented little brother get in return his dedication? Rushing home to train in the pissing rain, giving up a social life.

    A wage from the gaa? Nope, he gets his dinner from a caterer after training. Tell him to concentrate on his studies or work. That will pay the bills and provide a living not the GAA.

    Too right.

    He should also avoid reading, watching television, going out at weekends, having friends, listening to music and should probably cut himself off from his family too to avoid that particular black-hole of time and effort.


  • #66
    s4uv3
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 952 ✭✭✭s4uv3


    risteard7 wrote: »
    What does you're talented little brother get in return his dedication? Rushing home to train in the pissing rain, giving up a social life.

    A wage from the gaa? Nope, he gets his dinner from a caterer after training. Tell him to concentrate on his studies or work. That will pay the bills and provide a living not the GAA.

    What he gets in return is satisfaction. Pride. Belonging. That "winning feeling". His sport brought him out of his shell as a nervous, awkward young teen to be a confident, happy, balanced team captain.
    He doesn't want or need a wage from the GAA, he plays sport for the love and passion of it. Travel and kit expenses are covered, he's more than happy with that. As are treatments for any injuries sustained.
    Dinners are only provided after games, after training he comes home and makes his dinner like everybody else. Or if he's lucky his girlfriend might have something ready.
    You'll be surprised to hear that he's in the final year of studying for a reasonably well paid profession, and boy does he concentrate on that. A few weeks ago I saw him come straight home after winning a county final to finish an essay instead of going out on the lash with the team. Funnily, I'd say it's his sport that has instilled that kind of discipline in him.

    All of the above makes it sound like I think my wee brother is some kind of wonder-kid. He's not. He's a very normal, down to earth guy who works extremely hard to achieve his best in everything. I've never once heard him complain about not being paid to play, I think the sport turning professional would kill so much of the passion that makes the sport what it is.


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  • #67
    signostic
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    s4uv3 wrote: »
    What he gets in return is satisfaction. Pride. Belonging. That "winning feeling". His sport brought him out of his shell as a nervous, awkward young teen to be a confident, happy, balanced team captain.
    He doesn't want or need a wage from the GAA, he plays sport for the love and passion of it. Travel and kit expenses are covered, he's more than happy with that. As are treatments for any injuries sustained.
    Dinners are only provided after games, after training he comes home and makes his dinner like everybody else. Or if he's lucky his girlfriend might have something ready.
    You'll be surprised to hear that he's in the final year of studying for a reasonably well paid profession, and boy does he concentrate on that. A few weeks ago I saw him come straight home after winning a county final to finish an essay instead of going out on the lash with the team. Funnily, I'd say it's his sport that has instilled that kind of discipline in him.

    All of the above makes it sound like I think my wee brother is some kind of wonder-kid. He's not. He's a very normal, down to earth guy who works extremely hard to achieve his best in everything. I've never once heard him complain about not being paid to play, I think the sport turning professional would kill so much of the passion that makes the sport what it is.

    I can`t believe that this belief still exists, maybe only in GAA circles that the belief is ingrained into the young players from a very early age.
    If you look at the Irish rugby team after their victory over NZ how can you say there is no passion in pro sports...same for the national soccer team/golfers.


  • #68
    s4uv3
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 952 ✭✭✭s4uv3


    signostic wrote: »
    I can`t believe that this belief still exists, maybe only in GAA circles that the belief is ingrained into the young players from a very early age.
    If you look at the Irish rugby team after their victory over NZ how can you say there is no passion in pro sports...same for the national soccer team/golfers.

    Ah you just don't get it. We'll leave it at that :)


  • #69
    conorhal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,096 ✭✭✭conorhal


    My name is URL wrote: »
    Good for him

    I was having a go at the production of it. RTE and the GAA make a lot of money from what they do.

    How much are you and your brother making from it?

    Don't think it's possible to begrudge fcuk all

    Begrudgery. The last bastion of defense whenever anyone doesn't find a thing entertaining.

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    My name is URL wrote: »
    Hey, on the plus side he might be offered an actual paying job in Australia because of it... so the GAA have that going for them /s

    Epic 'defence against charge of begrudgery' fail my lad.


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