Carol25 wrote: » Another concern...Mayo’s clubs aren’t progressing very far at national level in the club championship.
Coillte_Bhoy wrote: » In fairness the last 4 years our reps have gone out to Corofin, one of the best club teams of all time. In the last decade we have had 2 teams In the last decade we have had 2 teams in the Junior final and 4 in the Intermediate final, thats second only to Kerry and Tyrone.
jr86 wrote: » We'll have to get used to it I'm afraid When Corofin go away it'll be huge commuter areas like Salthill and Claregalway that Mayo clubs have to compete with in Connacht. Both clubs would have the pick of about 5 Ballintubbers Club football is heading towards urban and City-suburb domination imo. Only exceptional rural clubs will be able to compete
Beagslife wrote: » The One that got away! Mickey Moran again proving his worth.
Lukekul wrote: » Another twist in this tale.https://westernpeople.ie/2019/12/02/foundation-pledges-e1million-to-mayo-gaa-on-condition/ A million would go a long way
iluvfatfrogs wrote: » And they get to "oversee" any future sponsorship deals? Looks like they are just buying power
Bunny Colvin wrote: » "A status report is provided on current sponsorship deals with a commitment that all future deals go through a competitive bid process." That doesn't read like they're trying to 'buy power'. All sponsorship deals should be decided through a competitive and impartial process, with the best package winning out. Maybe they're suspicious that previous or current deals didn't meet that criteria.
doc_17 wrote: » Was that true that a young lad was prevented from playing an u21 club final yesterday in Mayo because the county wanted to assess him?
RedDevil55 wrote: » "the Foundation is allowed provide independent oversight of the bid process for all sponsorship deals." The CB will never agree to that part.
RedDevil55 wrote: » Apparently he was out injured the last few weeks. It would be good to know whether he was fit to play in the club game before everyone loses their sh1t.
jr86 wrote: » As the marquee player he should still be very much a part of a championship match though, even if it's to do water on the line or help with the warm up or whatever. In his defence though under 21 just sadly isn't taken seriously anymore though, he certainly wouldn't be the first player to show indifference towards it. The optics don't look good though overall. Lets just say there would be zero hope of this happening south of the border, where the county manager is one of the proudest club stalwarts in the history of the game
Audioslaven wrote: » Stop talking BS.
Hulk Hands wrote: » Club does seem like a complete after thought in Mayo at times. I find it baffling that 15k can come out in crap weather for league games yet a big county final of quite a good standard is in the very low thousands. This is for a supposed football mad county with no competition for attendance from other sports
RedDevil55 wrote: » There was over 8k at the Breaffy Ballintubber final last year. Not many counties get a bigger attendance than that. This year had a smaller crowd but you also need to factor in that every game is streamed on Mayo GAA T.V. It's harder to attract neutrals when the games can be watched at home.
irishgeo wrote: » You get more on a Sunday but the TV streaming money isn't as good for the CB.
Blackjack wrote: » I’ve never understood how people don’t see that population and parish, given that it’s what makes e club game, is the precise same reason why you have less at club games than you do at county. You have the entire population of Mayo that will follow the county team but when you break that down to the 50 or so clubs then the population that would follow particular clubs is obviously going to be considerable less.
Hulk Hands wrote: » I suppose thats why there was barely anyone at the two semi finals this year involving Ballina and Castlebar? Two huge population centers in club terms. Neutrals make up a huge portion of attendance at a club game, its the same everywhere. Mayo's county attendance gets bolstered compared to clubs because, to its credit, its tapped into the daygoing social fan who only comes out from the very hyped days in other counties, and made them regulars. Probably because there is constant hype around the team. The type of people who use Green and Red heart emojis after every social media post, can recite the old standard Mayo 15 off by heart but wouldn't have heard of D.Coen until this year, and know about 5 players from the rest of the country. People who cried about tickets for the Dublin Mayo semi but didnt watch the Kerry Tyrone one the following day. Technically Mayo fans but not football fans. So Mayo's club attendance comes into line with most counties (and significantly less than some Ulster counties) while county attendances remain huge
Hulk Hands wrote: » Mayo's county attendance gets bolstered compared to clubs because, to its credit, its tapped into the daygoing social fan who only comes out from the very hyped days in other counties, and made them regulars. Probably because there is constant hype around the team. The type of people who use Green and Red heart emojis after every social media post, can recite the old standard Mayo 15 off by heart but wouldn't have heard of D.Coen until this year, and know about 5 players from the rest of the country. People who cried about tickets for the Dublin Mayo semi but didnt watch the Kerry Tyrone one the following day. Technically Mayo fans but not football fans. So Mayo's club attendance comes into line with most counties (and significantly less than some Ulster counties) while county attendances remain huge
RedDevil55 wrote: » What exactly are you giving out about? You admit that every county has bandwagon fans who show up on the big occasions, the difference with Mayo being they show up to most league and championship games?!
Hulk Hands wrote: » Exactly that yeah. I'm actually not having a go at all, the theme of the conversation and a wider one that's happening regularly is how Mayo club is treated versus county. Brolly was on the radio talking about it at the weekend, obscene numbers being spent on county teams but small clubs struggling for survival and he was referencing ones he's living close to in mayo now. It's great that ye get the bandwagoners going regularly, my county certainly doesn't. It's just how this mass of hype around the county team differs from the indifference shown to club that's the interesting point and yesterdays furore brought that to light. Two of yer biggest media supporters on twitter are constantly bangiong on about this fact, see the ticket allocation dispute before the Donegal game last year, general sale vs club allocation. So ya can point away saying im trolling but it's a genuine topic
