Off The Ball Official Thread <Mod Note - Post #1, #533, #6651>

butcher.

Another Boyle sports infomercial just now.

Didn't listen to it but Shane Stapleton is their man hurling guy so I assume it was him

funny listening to this thing on the Mayo ladies.
a Carnacon player lost her place on the county first 15, Staunton and the Carnacon club staged a mutiny and tried to heap pressure on the county management to reinstate her, who stood their ground, leading to some vague "player welfare issues" reasons for players walking out, and now being sanctioned.

of course, because Staunton is a contributor to OTB, we know which side Joe will be taking on this issue.

Dots1982 wrote: »

Staunton is a contributor to OTB? Not sure where you’re getting that from. Think you’re confused.

But anyway you think Mayo GAA were right to exclude a club team from a county championship because 8 members of 12 who walked off a county team play for that club? That’s all fair and within the rules you think?

Staunton is on the panel next week in Croke Park for an otb pre all ireland special so dont think they’ll be dissing her for this or mentioning the past fallouts with Mayo.
I also think youll find the reason Carnacon were singled out was because they contacted the county manager and informed him that the club is pulling all the players. the other 4 left individually, that is the difference.

Dots1982 wrote: »

Ok fair points on the second point, don’t think Staunton is a contributor, more a guest of one show but fair enough. I still don’t think its a fair call to eject a team from a club championship for walking away from the county setup. Seems like the GAA or LGFA just love negative publicity and being on the wrong side of an argument.

Seems the issue Was The club withdrew the players and that is why the club is suffering the punishment.

Dots1982 wrote: »

Staunton is a contributor to OTB? Not sure where you’re getting that from. Think you’re confused.

But anyway you think Mayo GAA were right to exclude a club team from a county championship because 8 members of 12 who walked off a county team play for that club? That’s all fair and within the rules you think?

yes, the club rowed in behind Staunton and helped co-ordinate the boycott (all because it was a personal friend of Staunton's and the club want to keep her sweet), so fukc them.

Surprised nobody had mentioned that OTB are sure to back any cause that serves their biased social agenda. In this case, a women’s club is in peril and is being discriminated against by the dastardly county board. It’s a story in a box for them and all they have to do is add the sound of tut-tutting. Job done.

The sad reality is that not many people really care.

Who here honestly attends womens sporting events?

Faugheen wrote: »

The fact people want to have a pop at OTB for simply highlighting this says a lot. They don't even care about the story, just how OTB is covering it which is quite pathetic imo.

The whole purpose of this thread is about the way OTB cover stories. Just because you don’t see the words you want doesn’t invalidate the points. I’m sure there’s a Mayo GAA or feminist causes thread somewhere on this site. Maybe you should check those out.

NIMAN wrote: »

Is anyone able to say what exactly the issue of player welfare was? I've been hearing this running for a while now, and have been really curious as to what actually happened.

Yeah but that phrase is the key to the issue. If the Mayo players are using the words player welfare to describe players being physically mistreated or mentally/emotionally abused in some way, then that's fair enough.



But if the Mayo players are using the words player welfare to describe Cora Staunton only being used as a sub (or some other tactical or selection issue that the Cornacon players don't agree with) then this is an abuse of the phrase and they are deliberately using it to make their side of the story seem more reasonable and plausible. In the same way that the GAA misused the phrase health and safety to try to force Kildare to play Mayo in Croke Park.



If it is the former, I find it hard to believe that all of the club boards would have voted against Cornacon. Either way, I think it was unfair and unprofessional of Joe Molloy to set the narrative within literally seconds of hearing the story for the first time, particularly given the massive conflict of interest that OTB has when reporting this story (i.e. Cora Staunton will be working with them next week in the lead up to the All Ireland final).

anthonyjmaher wrote: »

It still makes me laugh when OTB bring on that used car salesman Leon Blanche from Boyle Sports, and there he is like you oul mate down the pub giving you tips for the horses in Cheltenham. Were they not front row centre before giving out about how sinister the avuncular nature of the Paddy Power advertising was? And it seems like Leon Blanche (presumably real name Reginald Paul Joseph Morris) has to give interviews no matter where he is. Won't be long before he's phoning in his tips from the jacks.

NIMAN wrote: »

Is anyone able to say what exactly the issue of player welfare was?

I've been hearing this running for a while now, and have been really curious as to what actually happened.

I'm curious to find out what exactly the issues were too. I'm not making a judgment on the club or the county board until more comes out, but unfortunately it did seem like Joe Molloy had decided it was the LGFA county board were fully at fault.

Also, one other point: it wasn't really made clear for the average listener that this was indeed the Mayo Ladies Gaelic Football County Board making the decision. It wasn't a bunch of men with no attachment to ladies' sports screwing a team of footballers over without a second thought.