Sports grants double for Tennis and Golf what they are for Boxing and Soccer.
I crunched the awards to almost a 1000 clubs and they show a distinct bias in favour of middle class sports.
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— Philip Boucher-Hayes (@boucherhayes) November 21, 2019
Daniel Lambert writes:
The gulf in funding between football and GAA is astonishing given more people play football.
The parochial organisational structure of the GAA makes it a far more potent force in leveraging politicians at all levels as opposed to the fragmented football structures.
Hon Mayo!
FIGHT!