Has the decision to bring the intercounty football and hurling championships been a good one? It has certainly made for an ultra-hectic April and May in the sporting calendar, with GAA vying with soccer, rugby and other sports for attention. In his column today, Darragh O’Sé writes the GAA is losing out big time as other sports reach their endgames. “There’s ducking and diving and dodging going on against a lot of other sports – the Champions League, Heineken Cup, the endgame to the English Premier League – that it is all so hectic just now and they’re getting lost in the midst of it all,” he writes. “It is like bumper cars; and I think the GAA are losing!”
This weekend …
- May 11, 2022
