You know the way that it costs huge money to prepare County Teams at all levels for Hurling ,Football ,Ladies Football,Most Camogie Counties and all other amateure Sports at representative level.And you know the way that there is a clamour from some deeply dedicated sportspeople for pay to play,i.e.pay the player to play.And you know the way that all the Gaelic Games associations pride themselves on the ethos that values people from all backgrounds and does not discriminate against or between members because of diverse economic backgrounds.
Well unless I am off the wall the Meath Camogie Board has turned this on its head.
It was put to me recently that any eligible player for the age group who wished to train with and be considered for the Under 18 County Team ,would have to fork out E40.00 for the privilege of so training .
I am amazed that no one thought of this before.Were a fee levied by all the County Boards for the privilege of joining the County Teams no County Board would ever be in debt and could potentially make a fortune by limiting places to the highest bidder.
We mightn't n have the best teams but we would surely have the richest.
And feck the poor.
A whole new slant on the proposition of "Pay to Play".
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