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No Black guys playing GAA

  • 30-08-2013 01:39PM
    #1
    magic_murph
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    How long before the GAA has some top black players.

    It's a proven they are genetically better athletes - stronger, fitter, faster etc.

    The majority of other spot's out there is dominated by black participants - Golf, boxing, basketball etc.

    The same question could be asked about Irish Rugby as well.
    Just a thought - will it ever happen?


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  • #2
    B.A._Baracus
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    Being honest, this sounds like a shit stirring thread and you've got a big spoon just a'waitin :)


  • #3
    chopper6
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    What about swimming?


  • #4
    Mint Sauce
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    <grabs popcorn>


  • #5
    wp_rathead
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    magic_murph wrote: »
    How long before the GAA has some top black players.

    It's a proven they are genetically better athletes - stronger, fitter, faster etc.

    The majority of other spot's out there is dominated by black participants - Golf, boxing, basketball etc.

    The same question could be asked about Irish Rugby as well.
    Just a thought - will it ever happen?

    :pac:


  • #6
    Kruse
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    Plenty of black people playing GAA.


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  • #7
    Celly Smunt
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    Mint Sauce wrote: »
    <grabs popcorn>

    Thats just my willy in the middle there.


  • #8
    dxhound2005
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    They are bringing in the black card next season. That's progress.


  • #9
    hfallada
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    Because people of African origin still represent a tiny proportion of our population. I wonder why there is few eastern european players. There is hundreds of thousands of them in Ireland, and some of them are seriously built.


  • #10
    My name is URL
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,626 ✭✭✭✭My name is URL


    I've never seen a black jockey either.. come to think of it.


  • #11
    mike65
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    A black jockey for ya

    http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/audio/video/2013/8/7/1375886638189/Smanga-Khumalo-016.jpg

    *they'll dance and sing thier way through those mountainy man defences*


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  • #12
    Doctor Strange
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    wprathead wrote: »
    :pac:

    Are you implying golf doesn't require strength or fitness :confused:


  • #13
    Eight Ball
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    Good point OP. I've wondered about this for a while myself.


  • #14
    I am pie
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,652 ✭✭✭I am pie


    "The majority of other spot's out there is dominated by black participants - Golf"

    Golf spot. Dominated by them blacks.


  • #15
    .E_C_K_S.
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    What an athlete!

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8rqI8xwXVac


  • #16
    Judge Roy Bean
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    Black guy who worked in my bank plays for Dublin?

    Craig Dyas?


  • #17
    dmc17
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    Unforgettable _ Fire wrote: »
    Are you implying golf doesn't require strength or fitness :confused:

    Is it dominated by black participants?


  • #18
    My name is URL
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    Eight Ball wrote: »
    Good point OP. I've wondered about this for a while myself.

    I'm not even a GAA fan, and only ever go to a few games a year. Yet I've seen plenty of 'non-white' people playing the game. Granted it's at local level, but they're there, and presumably just as likely to be selected for inter-county teams if they're good enough.


  • #19
    Doctor Strange
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    dmc17 wrote: »
    Is it dominated by black participants?

    Well, Tiger's done a damn fine job over the last few years :pac:


  • #20
    Sunglasses Ron
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    magic_murph wrote: »
    How long before the GAA has some top black players.

    It's a proven they are genetically better athletes - stronger, fitter, faster etc.

    Depends as much on nurturing youth training really. The best France team of 15 to 8 years ago was mostly black, yet there are only three sub Saharan African countries with any truly half decent national football teams.


  • #21
    kensutz
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    Surprised you didn't open the thread with "I'm not a racist, but....."


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  • #22
    Ush1
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    Unforgettable _ Fire wrote: »
    Well, Tiger's done a damn fine job over the last few years :pac:

    You mean that Asian guy with the Thai mother?


  • #23
    podgemonster
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    The Sean Óg O'Hailpín and his brothers played both hurling and football
    As Micheál O'Muiraheartch said...

    "his father from Fermanagh, his mother from Fiji, neither a hurling stronghold"


  • #24
    Galaxie
    Closed Accounts Posts: 54 ✭✭Galaxie


    Celly Smunt wrote: »
    Thats just my willy in the middle there.

    No wonder it's extra cheesy!


  • #25
    dmc17
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    Unforgettable _ Fire wrote: »
    Well, Tiger's done a damn fine job over the last few years :pac:

    Indeed he has. And for the person wondering about black jockeys, he might also fit the bill :pac: :pac:


  • #26
    Sunglasses Ron
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    Unforgettable _ Fire wrote: »
    Well, Tiger's done a damn fine job over the last few years :pac:

    Tiger Woods is whiter than my knob milk. I swear it is a tan.


  • #27
    Fr_Dougal
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    What about Jason Sherlock?


  • #28
    BrensBenz
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    Good question! But whatever about GAA and rugby, I've often wondered, while dominating athletics, boxing, etc. and well-represented in soccer and most other "physical" sports, why blacks don't seem to dominate swimming, a truly "physical" activity, with few restrictions (if any) on participation. Are some sports "uncool" for black kids? If so, why?

    Maybe some day, we'll see black faces with Irish accents on the gold medal podiums. Looking forward to that!


  • #29
    Dyr
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    magic_murph wrote: »
    The same question could be asked about Irish Rugby as well.
    Just a thought - will it ever happen?

    When schools like blackrock and clongowes start letting black kids in probably

    Not that they are discriminating on the grounds of anything other than wealth of course, heaven forbid


  • #30
    biko
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    GAA isn't a professional sport where you can buy players from various countries/clubs. Players are all home grown and at this time thr feeder base is still majority white.
    Give it 20 years or so I'm sure we'll see more players of Eastern or African decent playing hurling and football.


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  • #31
    Honey-ec
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    Fr_Dougal wrote: »
    What about Jason Sherlock?

    What about him? He's not black.


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