We all profit from Gaelic games

Someone should telephone Croke Park to tell them we are in a recession with record emigration, unemployment, debt, and depression, while the GAA behaves like boom-time brats serving up enjoyment and happiness, and entertainment of the highest order at minimum cost.

Poor soccer has to pay Garret Bale €100m to score a goal a week, while our heroes from Clare, Cork, Dublin and Mayo provide superior displays of skills and scores for nothing. Did you ever see the likes of Anthony Nash’s free? Lift, hop, swing, and whack!!

Amateurs ‘beating’ professionals at their own ‘game’ while providing the populace with wholesome entertainment. The GAA should be reported to the European regulator for ‘unprofessional practices’ and for defying market principles.

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