John Fallon: Time for FAI to leverage election run-in for academy funding

Elsewhere, the FAI face a grilling from members and suitors circle as Preston parting nears for Browne.

LOI Development Manager Will Clarke during an EA Sports LOI Academy Media Briefing at FAI Headquarters in Abbotstown, Dublin. Pic: Tyler Miller, Sportsfile

FRIGHTENING politicians into losing their days in the sun is, by design or otherwise, the tactic being employed by the FAI for State support.

The cringe factor associated with Charlie Haughey embarking on his own lap of honour at Italia ’90 or Shane Ross encroaching on world champion Katie Taylor’s homecoming pictures won’t stop successors shamelessly seeking to share the spotlight.