Eoin Cadogan: Chase dual dreams for as long as you can but it's now near impossible
22 July 2017; Aidan O'Shea of Mayo in action against Eoin Cadogan of Cork during the GAA Football All-Ireland Senior Championship Round 4A match between Cork and Mayo at Gaelic Grounds in Co. Limerick. Photo by Piaras Ó Mídheach/Sportsfile
WITH it being my first year being back full-time with the club, the thought did cross my mind about returning to senior football having stepped away the last few years.
The physical toll on the body towards the end of my career just wouldn’t allow me to do both. Though at times I've had a love-hate relationship with the code, football has been very good to me, and is a game I thoroughly enjoy. But the idea of returning and trying to contribute in some way quickly evaporated when I saw the league format and championship programs. Twenty weeks of league games between hurling and football made even me realise that the physical demands wouldn’t justify a return and certainly wouldn’t put me in a position to give a wholehearted effort all of the time.
