THE CLUB PLAYERS Association has revealed what it’s described as a ‘watershed statistic’ for the GAA, with a recent study indicating that 60% of those surveyed have considered walking away ‘due to a lack of a definitive fixture calendar.’
The CPA asked respondents four key questions, and here are the results received:
Q1: As a club player/member are you willing to wait until 2020 for change to happen to the current club fixture situation?
3,231 replied to this question, with 2,962 (91.67%) answering ‘no’, while the remaining 369 (8.33%) answered ‘yes’.
Q2: Do you think that club fixtures should be on the agenda at the forthcoming Special Congress in September?
Yes: 3,192 (98.79%)
No: 39 (1.21%)
Q3: Do you believe the CPA should escalate its response to demonstrate to the GAA that the club player is dissatisfied with their response to the unfairness of the system to the plight of the Club Player?
Yes: 3,071 (95.43%)
No: 147 (4.57%)
Q4: Have you ever considered walking away from the game because of the lack of a definitive fixture calendar at club level?
Yes: 1,924 (59.57%)
No: 1,306 (40.43%)
The overwhelming ‘yes’ response to question 3 also indicates a growing militancy within CPA ranks, after secretary Declan Brennan warned earlier this year that strike action wouldn’t be ruled out in the pursuit of the body’s goals.
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Something not right with them this year. There’s almost too many players. No idea.
@Peter Brophy: I think the problem is that Leo is rotating his players too much. He needs a consistent core group of players so that when the internationals come back into the side, it won’t be such a jump. Having said that, it’s worrying that Leinster haven’t had a single good performance this season and they’re only a game away from their first Championship Cup fixture.
A lot of credit must go to how Edinburgh approached the match and made things difficult for Leinster. Reduced to some aimless kicking or loose running, it was up to Leinster to think their way out of it. No trophies won in September so move on to the next one and take the 4 points and them taking nothing.
This team will get much better. They just need to reintegrate all the big names. It was like their first day at school last night…. no need to panic
From a munster and Ireland fan sexton is shitte hot …munster Leinster this year
He brushed over the lineout issue.
A couple of missed calls? How can there possible be a missed call? The pack huddle, make a call and then the prop tells this call to the hooker. Unless either the prop or the hooker doesn’t speak or understand English someone please tell me how they could get the call wrong.
“3 or 4 international class players in every position”
@Paul O’Connor: And yet they look like AIL players. And you can ask why. And the answe is they all think they are the dogs bollo&, but it is high time they earned their wages. They are overpaid, overhyped, muck