http://www.ofonebelief.org Just another WordPress weblog Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:27:02 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en First we were obliged to bail out the banks … now certain highly-paid GAA officials want us to use scarce GAA money to bail out a private limited company called the Gaelic Players Management Company Limited. And they want us to rubber-stamp a split in the GAA, where 0.5% of members ... http://www.ofonebelief.org/2009/11/23/%e2%80%9cthe-split-now-it%e2%80%99s-official%e2%80%9d-says-of-one-belief/ And So It Goes On … There’s no doubt corporate Ireland became an increasingly bizarre place on foot of the depredations of the Tiger economy. But the saga of just how and why the GAA continues to deal in secret with what appears to be a private limited company called the ... http://www.ofonebelief.org/2009/10/19/65/ Back in July we put out the statement below after the GPA's latest tiresome demand for even more r€sp€ct from the GAA. Three months on, we think it's still as valid. Read it and judge for yourselves.  "The Chickens Came Home to Roost" “For the first time in several years we’ve had a ... http://www.ofonebelief.org/2009/10/15/57/ Well, with the GPA going all European and all sorts of interesting revelations emerging about just who and what the GPA  - or to be accurate the Gaelic Players Management Company Ltd - is, we thought we'd re-emerge onto the scene. If nothing else we can pass comment on GAA ... http://www.ofonebelief.org/2009/10/02/were-back/ At the start of 2009 the GAA magazine "Gaelic Star" asked us to submit a short piece on our position on the pay-for-play grants, one year on. The article as published is presented below. We thank "Gaelic Star" for its interest and coverage: it gave us a better hearing than the ... http://www.ofonebelief.org/2009/10/02/ideals-not-expedience/ There's no other way of saying it: we lost at Congress last Saturday. To put it any differently is to just fool ourselves. And we were never in that business.Congress was hugely disappointing for us and for the view of the GAA that we had. Some of the main thoughts/reactions ... http://www.ofonebelief.org/2008/04/16/well-sin-e/ Now everybody knows why those promoting player grants/awards/whatever ran scared of the DRA - they knew that what they had attempted to foist on the GAA back on 8 December hadn't a legal, let alone an ethical leg to stand on. The panicky mantra this time around about compliance with ... http://www.ofonebelief.org/2008/03/27/who-was-right-and-who-was-wrong/ It looks like the reconvened DRA hearing may take place on Friday 14 March. We're going back because of two basic things. First, we don't think the GAA centrally has lived up to the commitments it gave at the last hearing back in January. That's something we take no pleasure ... http://www.ofonebelief.org/2008/03/05/the-dra-reconvenes/ Last Saturday's National GAA Club Forum brought well over 300 GAA Club people from every County in Ireland to Croke Park. From the first part of the day to its closing session one consistent message dominated the proceedings:"We want to strengthen our amateur status and retain our volunteer base: these ... http://www.ofonebelief.org/2008/02/12/no-doubts-by-the-grassroots-but-is-anyone-listening/ Our DRA hearing took place on Friday night last in The Raddisson Hotel, Dublin Airport. The DRA Tribunal was Michael O'Connell (Kerry, and son of the legendary Mick O'Connell); Damian Mahon (Derry, City Solicitor to Derry City Council); and Mick Loftus (former GAA President). In true GAA fashion these men ... http://www.ofonebelief.org/2008/01/30/dra-delight/