GAA V L Miller....

37 views and no response ?..Fear playing a part or is it unfair loyalty I ask myself. Were have all the people who with passion and gusto arrive to tell me what they think of me gone, have I hit a nerve and just maybe they are starting to question that loyalty, when its so obvious that the Gaa are seen for what they really are!...

well said racing , its best ignore that other ar se ho le !

Queen, Tubby, Gaa lackeys , a shameful thing to be doing , a family in need a ground lying empty, yeah its the FAI 's fault...I see more sensible Gaa men said they feel EMBARRASSED by the actions of the Mafia...

Its a charity match for a Corkman , the situation is sadly lacking sympathy from a group of people who say they support Irish people, sadly that only seems to apply if you're a Gaa man. Regarding the support of Irish soccer . We are not blessed with a Government that will donate 30.Million euro to help us unlike the Gaa. That's 30million of taxpayers money by the way...

I think this issue is significant and should be approached with a great deal of care.

A bigger picture lads than just parish pump moral bribery.

The irony of wonks whose usual contributions to this forum consist of bashing the GAA(the mafia he says) and spouting nonsense about Shamrock Rovers now "demanding" the GAA lend out an asset to a sport which is the richest in the world to play a game organised by a property developer in which the players will have earned minimum 8 to 9 figures during their lives for a family who wonks states is in need despite the fact the person for whom the match is being played would have played for Man Utd, Celtic, Sunderland and Leeds during the richest time in the premier leagues history. He according to media earned 25k per week at Utd alone.

It's a fundraising event. The GAA have been put in an awkward position.
If the multi millionaire superstars of soccer that are prepared to turn up, the likes of Roy Keane, Rio Ferdinand, Giggs, Scholes, Martin O'Neill, Damien Duff et al would put their hand in their pocket and donate 50,000 each the  problem would be  solved. I've a feeling that won't happen.
These ar$eholes don't want to make a contribution, they want the proletariat to to spend their hard earned to support this worthy cause. Their mere appearance is all they want to contribute.
Some of them will probably want to claim back their travel and accommodation expenses.
It's like Bono, Mary Robinson and the late Peter Sutherland telling Ireland to take in 1000's of Syrian refugees. The question is, who's going to pay for them?
The tax evader Bono? Mary (5 houses) Robinson, Peter  Sutherland the Switzerland resident (for paying as little tax as possible).
No, none of the above.
Sure the little Irish man will pay for them.

As usual the Gaa lackeys defend the indefensible , of course the Gaa have better Stadiums, after all they PAY no one . At least over 90% of the Gaa lads are now holding up their hands in disgust and shame at the Gaa's stand on this. Fair play to them , unlike others still caught in that 60/70s time warp they see this as a human story rather than a financial one. Wouldn't it be wonderful if the Government gave us Soccer lads 30million of taxpayers money to upgrade a few Stadiums , I won't hold my breath, not while the majority of the elected have such close ties with the Gaa and their ilk!

RQ  to be fair  Damien Duff gave all his earnings [150.000e] that he earned with Shamrock Rovers to Charity, he is know to be very good with his time to a number of charities.

Queenie, all sportsmen should just give their wages away it seems according to your vision of things, maybe you might put a few quid into the aul collection box yourself. Your bigotry shines like a beacon. How much of their salaries do the guys who run the Gaa give to anything never mind charity, biggest money grabbers in Ireland under the guise of Amateurism . Why work for a living when you can get players to make it for you, and receive nothing in return, just tell them to do it for the COUNTY....Shame on them...

According to Wiki Duff joined rovers in July 2015 pledging the salary from his 18 month contract worth 150k to charity. "After nine games for the Dublin-based side, on 21 December 2015 he announced his retirement from football".......hope the clown still gave the 150k to charity or did any of his media mates follow up to ask him? Just think of it if Frank is right thats 150k for 9 games. No wonder the LOI is in the dumps.

Well said Pa...

Open to the public eh Queenie, I for one would like to know who's taking home My tax ...A thing that big should make a FULL statement of where its income is going.
 
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The GAA has defended the policy in relation to the inclusion of top salaries in its annual accounts. Under FRS (Financial Reporting Standard) 102, accounts are meant to include the aggregate payments to key management personnel.

For the purposes of this provision the GAA argue that its relevant personnel is the association’s Management Committee, which is a body of volunteers and as such receives no remuneration.

‘Key management personnel’ is defined as: “Those persons having authority and responsibility for planning, directing and controlling the activities of the entity, directly or indirectly, including any director (whether executive or otherwise) of that entity.”

Arguing that Management is the body entrusted with the above functions means that the remuneration of full-time staff in Croke Park does not get listed.

Tom Ryan is the GAA’s Director of Finance. Asked was the focus of the accounting standard not the full-time staff rather than the voluntary committee, he accepted that there was a case for that but given the definition of key management personnel, that the latter was a more appropriate route to take.

“You could argue that and we did toss that around with the auditors (Mazars) but what we have in it, the auditors are happy complies with the requirements. We did give it a bit of deliberation but I believe that we meet the required standards. In an organisation like ours, which is volunteer led, you’d be slow to say that the leadership is actually the full-time staff. That would be a little bit anathema.”

Friction

The distinction in the past between full-time administrators and elected officials was a cause of friction with political power more often residing in the network of voluntary committees, appointed by the president that run the organisation’s activities.

this has gone off topic.i think the gaa will allow their ground in cork to be used for the fundraiser for a worthy cause and rightly so. and it will be.but to be lectured by the likes of damien duff is  not on at all.

the charge against the gaa  blah blah "grab all association" etc doesnt actually hold water.the likes of john delaney etc are on huge salarys in comparison to any full time officials of the gaa.and every penny the gaa take in in accounted for and goes back to the grassroots for games development , coaching staff, ground development etc.in fact its my opinion the gaa have too many top quality high capacity grounds.  the league of ireland is dying on its feet and the national team doesnt look to be going anywhere fast, share a ground with the irfu ,yet we have m o neill and r keane on a combined salary of over 2 m a year?  nice money eh. meanwhile the gaa have their house in order financially and quietly go about their business with minimum of fuss.

for the kids education eh Wonks? What happened the 25k per year, the money from the Scott Brown Testimonial?

I thought it was a charity event?

yes the money is got from ed sheeran but its given back to the grass roots.the gaa are very prudent about earning money. there is or was was no reason  for the gaa not to give the stadium.and there wont be.but putting a gun to their head and public pronouncents byt the likes of damien duff was never the right way of doing it. diplomacy is the way to go..and i think the lad organising it sounds very calm and im sure it will go ahead in front of 45000

pop music isnt a rival irish sport !?! it was far from the tail wagging the dog? i dunno how you could think that?  it was commercially viable for the gaa to run a concert with ed playing to the mutual benefit of both.? people enjoyed it.ed made money and the gaa made money.same  thing as the aviva running concerts.  they do it to make money for their association and the clubs all around ireland get the benefit..its simple enough really.

Maybe its a return to the good aul days you'd like , when even WATCHING a Soccer game got you banned, Ollie suffered that indignity if I remember correctly..

ah wr what you taking about the gud aul days? your better than the the ban is gone a long long time..and of course the gaa wouldnt take a fee if its on in the pairc..im sure the boys damien(worth 20m) and roy(40m) will also dig deep into their pockets.