Rumors abound in Mayo of players already being cut from the panel, despite a training ban and therefore no panel! Any other counties back at it "unofficially"
Rumors abound in Mayo of players already being cut from the panel, despite a training ban and therefore no panel! Any other counties back at it "unofficially""
Rumors abound in Mayo of players already being cut from the panel, despite a training ban and therefore no panel! Any other counties back at it "unofficially""
I can't access the Indo article Tirawley but read RTE version.
For me the GAA and the GPA are telling people what they think they want to hear. They claim they're concerbed about player welfare. The new football rules are a welcome addition but the extra pace puts more load on players in games than the old rules games. Was listening to an interview with Niall Hobbert owner of Cryo Pro Tech a sports recovery company and the increase in interest in recovery for teams and players. I'm not convinced there's much need for his company but he made some interesting points.
Ulster and Leinster teams have more provincial games than Connacht and Munster a disadvantage to them when they arrive at the playoff stages. With 16 teams in the All Ireland series the ideal structure is 3 knockout rounds to the final. But for potential attendance money and TV revenue they have convoluted the back end of the championship when players have gone through weeks of games, their injury risks are higher. Rather than push the All Ireland Final date out by a few weeks, remove a few rounds of games and put a few more gap weeks for recovery and weather postponements, they'll talk about 6 week limit before league and championship starts like it'll improve player welfare. But when managers lose players to injury and raise issues with championship games within a short space of time they'll point to the calendar, they need the to get the fixtures completed within the timeframe that the GAA and GPA decided. They can have the 6 week game but also push league and championship on by a few weeks, remove league finals and some play off games for amateur players who make huge commitments to play for their county.
For me the GAA and the GPA are telling people what they think they want to hear. They claim they're concerbed about player welfare. The new football rules are a welcome addition but the extra pace puts more load on players in games than the old rules games. Was listening to an interview with Niall Hobbert owner of Cryo Pro Tech a sports recovery company and the increase in interest in recovery for teams and players. I'm not convinced there's much need for his company but he made some interesting points.
Ulster and Leinster teams have more provincial games than Connacht and Munster a disadvantage to them when they arrive at the playoff stages. With 16 teams in the All Ireland series the ideal structure is 3 knockout rounds to the final. But for potential attendance money and TV revenue they have convoluted the back end of the championship when players have gone through weeks of games, their injury risks are higher. Rather than push the All Ireland Final date out by a few weeks, remove a few rounds of games and put a few more gap weeks for recovery and weather postponements, they'll talk about 6 week limit before league and championship starts like it'll improve player welfare. But when managers lose players to injury and raise issues with championship games within a short space of time they'll point to the calendar, they need the to get the fixtures completed within the timeframe that the GAA and GPA decided. They can have the 6 week game but also push league and championship on by a few weeks, remove league finals and some play off games for amateur players who make huge commitments to play for their county."
Connacht and Munster have 2/3 matches - Ulster & Leinster have 3/4 - in the grand scheme of things it isn't a big deal if every province operated a seeding system. What really throws it out is when Kerry only play 2 and Tyrone/Donegal/Armagh are drawn in the prelim round in Ulster.
The reason there is a 6 week gap is waiting for Tailteann cup teams to be knock out of provincial cups (due to hand draws) or Sam Maguire teams in Ulster getting knocked out in the prelim rounds.
This can be partially solve if Ulster just kept Sam Maguire teams out of the prelim round. Don't take this suggestion as support for what Munster did - I still think a Cork V Kerry semi final match should be a regular occurrence.
For me the GAA and the GPA are telling people what they think they want to hear. They claim they're concerbed about player welfare. The new football rules are a welcome addition but the extra pace puts more load on players in games than the old rules games. Was listening to an interview with Niall Hobbert owner of Cryo Pro Tech a sports recovery company and the increase in interest in recovery for teams and players. I'm not convinced there's much need for his company but he made some interesting points.
Ulster and Leinster teams have more provincial games than Connacht and Munster a disadvantage to them when they arrive at the playoff stages. With 16 teams in the All Ireland series the ideal structure is 3 knockout rounds to the final. But for potential attendance money and TV revenue they have convoluted the back end of the championship when players have gone through weeks of games, their injury risks are higher. Rather than push the All Ireland Final date out by a few weeks, remove a few rounds of games and put a few more gap weeks for recovery and weather postponements, they'll talk about 6 week limit before league and championship starts like it'll improve player welfare. But when managers lose players to injury and raise issues with championship games within a short space of time they'll point to the calendar, they need the to get the fixtures completed within the timeframe that the GAA and GPA decided. They can have the 6 week game but also push league and championship on by a few weeks, remove league finals and some play off games for amateur players who make huge commitments to play for their county."
why do you not think theres any need for companies to assist with player recovery? The players of any sport need recovery sessions. theres a similar company in nenagh tipperary that focuses on player recovery players dont want to have number of games reduced nor should they considering workload they put into the game.