Colin Sheridan: Why is sports administration, like Middle Eastern politics, so hard?

There are GAA clubs across the country divided in two, between hurling and football, despite working under the same administrative umbrella of the GAA. Two distinct clubs, often in conflict, drawing from the same pool of players, vying for gym time and pitch time and, well, actual time.

***REPRO FREE***PRESS RELEASE NO REPRODUCTION FEE*** EDITORIAL USE ONLY SAS & Sport Ireland Institute Media Event, Sport Ireland Institute, Dublin 26/11/2019 Bernard Dunne – Irish Athletic Boxing Association High Performance Director, and Irish former professional boxer and a former WBA, and European Super Bantamweight champion was speaking on behalf of SAS, the leader in analytics software and services, and the Sport Ireland Institute. SAS is the Official Analytics Partner of the Sport Ireland Institute (SII) and is providing software and consultancy services to help SII be a more data-driven and insights-led organisation, particularly across boxing and swimming. For further information visit www.sas.com. Mandatory Credit ©INPHO/Laszlo Geczo

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