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What Now For Merger Of GAA Camogie And LGFA

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Replying To Viking66: "I think it would be more important to get attendances at Camogie and Ladies Football games up to around the level there is at men's games , and therefore revenue from gates and sponsorship, up first if you are talking about achieving true parity and financial sustainability?" And the ladies game will need upfront investment to be able to do that, how else would you propose two organisations with c€10mil in the bank account (per the last annual reports) to be able to grow the game without significant investment? In comparison, the GAA has nearly €80mil cash at their disposal to deploy and a collection of cash generating assets. The ladies organisations have very modest resources at their disposal. The upfront investment will have to come from somewhere, be it the GAA, Government or other sources. Square_B (Leitrim) - Posts: 2428 - 10/09/2026 12:54:20 2693403 Link
A couple of "cat amongst the pigeons" thoughts. If they make it past the mods ;) First, a statement like how camogie players "want equal recognition, equal opportunity, proper investment". If the assertion is that this can't happen without integration, is that not a stinging criticism of the Camogie Association? i.e. that they're incapable of looking after their own players themselves, that there's no point campaigning from within, and it'll take a different Association altogether to improve things? Second, suggestions that women who currently volunteer their time to the GAA should withdraw their services until this is all sorted. Is this not demeaning towards those women? Suggesting that they volunteer only on a basis of "what's in it for the sisterhood?". And not that they volunteer out of a genuine interest and desire to keep things running as well as possible at all levels, same as all the male volunteers in the GAA do? Pikeman96 (Wexford) - Posts: 4014 - 10/09/2026 13:02:24 2693404 Link
After thinking about it again this is my observation. All that's wrong here is an amateur game is gone so professional in all but name that it can't mind itself not to mind two other organisations. Harry styles 2 nights in croker in August 27. It'll be bring back the trip to tipp all of this has to be paid for somehow. The whole thing needs to be pared back to its foundations which is supposed to be a game everyone can play for fun. Now you've every sort of dietician/physio and S/C involved with counties getting paid. Triple that and you won't be too long heading for the poor house. So you can have extra concerts or charge every child €2 a training session, it has to be paid for. There's enough coaches on social media now that you can use that for diets and training, it's not sustainable at the current rate, wether that's one association or three merged together. 2maroonjerseys (Galway) - Posts: 200 - 10/09/2026 14:26:01 2693417 Link
Replying To Square_B: "What a bizzare post." Sq._B Don't be wasting your green thumbs. supersub15 (Carlow) - Posts: 3417 - 10/09/2026 16:01:05 2693431 Link
Replying To Pikeman96: "A couple of "cat amongst the pigeons" thoughts. If they make it past the mods ;) First, a statement like how camogie players "want equal recognition, equal opportunity, proper investment". If the assertion is that this can't happen without integration, is that not a stinging criticism of the Camogie Association? i.e. that they're incapable of looking after their own players themselves, that there's no point campaigning from within, and it'll take a different Association altogether to improve things? Second, suggestions that women who currently volunteer their time to the GAA should withdraw their services until this is all sorted. Is this not demeaning towards those women? Suggesting that they volunteer only on a basis of "what's in it for the sisterhood?". And not that they volunteer out of a genuine interest and desire to keep things running as well as possible at all levels, same as all the male volunteers in the GAA do?" If the volunteers in the GAA feel the association is backtracking on its democratically supported proposal to introduce amalgamation on the basis of integration and equality(changing the goalposts to federation and equity) how would a backlash from those volunteers, especially female volunteers, be seen as demeaning to anyone. sligo joe (Dublin) - Posts: 1184 - 10/09/2026 16:16:38 2693438 Link
Replying To supersub15: "Sq._B Don't be wasting your green thumbs." Great to see 2 other posters agree with me. Square_B (Leitrim) - Posts: 2428 - 10/09/2026 16:33:15 2693441 Link
The volunteer element in all games remains strong when it comes to coaching club teams, and club work in general. Where it is dwindling at a high rate is on match days, big club games and all intercounty games. While there may have been a saving in terms of cash coming into the account, by going card only instead of the unregulated cash at the turnstile this saving is being eroded by the cost of providing security firms to do the work that Maor's did, and did much better. Another question that needs to be asked, is, what would need to happen in the woman's games in order for the public to be as keen to pay to see them as they are the men's? I think, and I may be miles out, but I think the rules need to exactly the same in LGFA and GAA football. giveitlong (Galway) - Posts: 1340 - 10/09/2026 17:06:30 2693450 Link