Hard as ever to connect the dots

GAA PRESIDENT John Horan gave a predictable answer when questioned last Monday morning about the disconnect between Croke Park and the Association’s grass roots.

“I’m quite confused and I often feel it’s a bit lazy to throw such a term out at Croke Park because are we distinguishing between our national committees which are made up of people who are from the clubs and county boards or are we referring to the staff we have in Croke

Park?” wondered Horan (above).

“The vast majority of them are all involved in GAA clubs and they work as officers within our clubs so in both those situations I think we are well connected to the grassroots within the organisation.”

The confusion lies with us as, ultimately, the proof of the pudding is in the eating.

Did they run it by their clubmates before deciding to give Dublin the vast majority of games development funding over the past decade? Or the deal with the GPA? Or the efforts to take home advantage off Kildare last week, and so on?

The thing is, if they’re so well connected, it makes some of the decisions they’ve been party to even more reprehensible.