MAYO GAA HAVE revealed that they spent €1.6 million on team administration expenses in 2016, nearly double their figurefrom 2015.
The increase of nearly 46% in the cost of running teams is the most eye-catching figure in the Mayo GAA account details which were revealed today but the county board still recorded a surplus at the end of the year as there was a 44% increase in income.
Mayo spent €1,632,448 in 2016 in running their teams in comparison to a figure of €880,316 in 2015.
Their senior footballers were in action this year until 1 October when they lost out the All-Ireland final replay to Dublin while in 2015 their season ended on 5 September when they were defeated by Dublin at the semi-final replay stage.
However it has to be factored in that several other Mayo sides had longer seasons this year, which contributed to the rise in expenses. Mayo’s U21 side won the All-Ireland football title while their junior team also reached an All-Ireland final and their minor side contested an All-Ireland quarter-final.
In hurling, Mayo reached the Nicky Rackard Cup final and the All-Ireland U21 B hurling decider.
Drilling down further into the team administration expenses it’s clear that those extended campaigns were a factor
Travelling Expenses:
- 2016 – €580,547
- 2015 – €517,650
Catering
- 2016 – €447,280
- 2015 – €172,367
Sportsgear & Equipment
- 2016 – €360,785
- 2015 – €31,227
Medical Expenses
- 2016 – €211,104
- 2015 – €134,740
The flipside was that Mayo still recorded a surplus this year of €87,329 after a surplus in 2016 of €94,979.
Total expenditure this year did rise from €2,035,082 to €2,989,659, but total income was also up 44% from €2,130,781 to €3,076,988, with notable increases in certain areas.
Commercial Income
- 2016 – €478,141
- 2015 – €218,033
Fund-Raising
- 2016 – €840,179
- 2015 – €600,086
Transfer Income (Team Expenses and Grants from GAA)
- 2016 – €715,506
- 2015 – €487,576
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Ahhh here, dont we ever learn. Niall would be more effective coming out of Tesco with his shopping bags Swinging.
@Kevin O’brien: always about “not having enough passion” etc, it’s killing me… especially when we have the skill sets and player pool. Have to take the next step
I like Scannell but for me Kevin o Byrne is munster best Hooker. He’s all round game is superior and we could do with he’s skillset this weekend.
@Anthony O Connell: A fully fit Marshall is ahead of NS too. Wouldn’t even have him on the bench this weekend.
@thesaltyurchin: agreed. Marshall has never really let us down to be fair.
Just up the Pashun, that will do it. Few extra angry faces won’t do any harm either.
Swinging your handbags more like
@Paul1980: Hope the players aren’t feeling as negative as you & Kevin. SUAF.
@TL55: your one of the problems at the moment at the club. You have to open your eyes at the bigger picture, we’ve not come close to winning anything in 10 years and the typical “come out fighting” won’t cut it anymore. If Scannell said something like they have been working on defence and stopping line breaks after Leinster then fair enough but it always resorts back to the passion and hard work…. which hasn’t worked since Paulies time and that team had a lot more than passion. If we don’t change the mentality and standards of the club we will be Connacht in a few years, and even they have won more than us in recent years….
@TL55: agreed 100%,it’s just negativity non stop.
@Stanley: what do you mean “you’ll be Connacht in a few years”? If Connacht received half of the resources squandered by the IRFU on Munster in recent years they’d have won more than just the one trophy more they’ve won than Munster in the last 10 years.
@TL55: The 42 are publishing a serious amount of Munster articles lately, the click bait is very high as it draws in a serious amount of Leinster supporters sticking their ore in. For some reason Munster top brass are letting this happen. This was a week to keep the head down and do their talking on the pitch on Saturday against Toulouse instead of appearing in the media everyday. This wouldn’t have happened under Kidneys rein.
@Patrick O Connell: well said Patrick.
@Patrick O Connell: Good point
@Stanley: Any rugby team that doesn’t “come out fighting” will get dominated like Munster last Saturday. I never suggested that’s all that’s needed. As clearly a lot more is but a team in a final must bring it’s maximum aggression. We didn’t Leinster did. They should have beaten us by an awful lot more but you couldn’t say that about their other recent wins.
@Stanley: I think you mean if connacht were to slip further back they would be as bad as Munster, Friend is probably telling the lads we need to win this weekend, christ lads we dont want to be like Munster. If Andy had the player pool and resources of Munster he’d be picking his spot in the cabinet for champions cup.
Baffled as to how Scannell continues to get picked ahead of KOB! For me he is 3rd choice, at best, behind KOB and Rhys
@Wedger: Scannell hasn’t had good game in 2- 3 years for munster and he just walked back into the starting line-up when he came back form injury? he’s line-out is poor and offers v little around the park on both sides of the ball it baffles me how he still gets picked. And the same goes for Rory he’s been off form for a while now he’s not big enough for a crash ball centre and not crafty enough for the 2nd playmaker role there is alot of deadwood in the munster squad that should been moved on unless they really pull their socks up in the way they perform week-in week-out
@Keith Browne: 100%. There are for sure some names there who held a lot of promise a few years back but for a variety of reasons didn’t get reach the standard of play that merited consideration for international duty. Ultimately if you want silverware then at least 1 to 15 need to be test calibre. If players aren’t showing that by their late 20s, then you have to wonder why we’re not giving the opportunity instead to younger players who could yet make it.
“That’s what Munster *did”.