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Why is the focus on Dublin constantly in your head? Plus it seems you don't really pay attention to actual games judging by the comment above.
I mean this thread is changes in the GAA.
The relevant questions should instead be:
How have the poor 'Royals' got on overall in last decade or so?
How can they be helped?
The main one namely -
Should there be rule changes to help Meath specifically?
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Here are few 'highlights' of Meath football over the last decade or so -
2006 -2019 Meath out of division 1 NFL
Special mention to Meath relegation to Div3 - 2012
Westmeath beating Meath 2015
Longford beating Meath 2018
I mean an answer to Meath's woes could be to exploit the 'parentage rule' in GAA Rule book.
It is under Chapter 6 Playing Eligibility/Transfers/Declarations
https://www.gaa.ie/api/pdfs/image/upload/wqyurc9ptfa4hto2ypby.pdf
S6.3 - therein -
(a) With a particular County if:
(i) Either of the player’s parents at the time of the member’s birth were permanently resident in that County. 76
(ii) That County is the County of the first Club of either of his parents.
This is a section Kerryman Conor Cox availed of to play for Roscommon, as he was entitled to under the rule.
This transfer 'parentage rule' was discussed by Colm Keys in 2019 below:
Keys also details how many recent Dublin born players move to other counties, to play intercounty football.
However, I believe this Section will be of no help to Meath because at this stage, how many players with Meath parents would be attracted to play for the county? For fear of embarrassment alone, you would steer well clear.
But I think there is a simple change that 'might' help Meath -
Have it stipulated in the rules that every player facing the Royals has to wear these -
BLINDFOLDS!
My suggestion is -
BLINDFOLDS ARE TO BE WORN BY PLAYERS WHEN PLAYING AGAINST MEATH.
A rule change when playing what is commonly known as 'The Royal County'.
Kepak could sponsor it? Or Tayto? A great advertising opportunity with the logos on the blindfolds. Bringing in revenue for Meath GAA.
And a secondary suggestion maybe also supply supporters of Meath's opponents with noise cancelling headphones, to drown out their crying when they still lose! Those too, could be sponsored more revenue for Meath GAA
At least some Meath people (such as Bernard Flynn) realise Meath's decline was their own fault. But that admission is rarity.
“This hasn’t happened overnight,” Flynn declared. “We’ve let it slip, and it’s our own fault. I mean, lack of work going back years has been well documented.
“But the biggest single thing over the last 10 years, I strongly believe, and I think it could be the very same in Down . . . the leadership at the very, very top of a county has to be proper, has to be right'
Martin McHigh gave the neutral opinion that Meath have gone soft since the Celtic Tiger.
Here are his comments in 2015 after Meath edged past Wicklow by four points in 2015.
'They’re a big county, they’ve a big population and have the tradition of being a very, very strong Gaelic county, and I don’t know, maybe the players are not coming through, maybe through the Celtic Tiger they had it too good.'
And McHugh is correct Meath's population has skyrocketed according to the last census 2022 -
'Census figures released: Meath's population grows by 12.9% in six years
The population of Meath has grown by a staggering 25,000 residents since 2016, representing a +12.9% jump.'
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So yeah - blindfolds might be the answer for Meath's opponents? Population does not help, tradition does not help. The 'leadership' intangible that Meath are looking for seems non-existent.
Blindfolds would be a much cheaper and faster way to help Meath Men's football. Far cheaper than the Meath GAA centre of excellence, for example.
You have to ask does throwing money at the problem of Meath GAA help?
2022 - 'There was some great news today for Meath GAA at the announcement of the sports capital grants.
The largest in the history of the state saw Dunganny Meath GAA Centre of Excellence allocated €256,863'
This Centre of Excellence in Meath has been on the go since 2015. That is 8 years ago!!!
It seems like money well spent???
When it was opened in 2015 it cost 2 million euros -
'Croke Park pledged a further €500,000 and Leinster Council €200,000. The total cost of the building project was in the region of €2m plus fit out costs with funding sourced from Lottery, Croke Park and leinster Council.'
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It is just money wasted in my opinion. The GAA should be far more economical when it comes to Meath GAA.
Surely blindfolding Meath's opponents would cost a lot less than that? There should be a special stipulation in the GAA rule book - that blindfolds must be worn by players facing Meath etc.
I don't know why nobody thought of it before?
Simple and cost effective saving Croke Park and the Leinster Council a lot of money in future.
And such a rule change brought to the GAA 'might' help Meath GAA win a few matches.
Post edited by gormdubhgorm onGuff about stuff, and stuff about guff.
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