JBS
You stated I was wrong and then when proven you are factually incorrect stated I moved the goalposts whereas you are really only digging a bigger hole.
I'd really like to see a copy of the model you are referring. You are a stickler for rules, safeguards and models but all these things are based on who you are and who you know in our society and it's the same within the GAA. I mentioned this to you before when you were quoting the rule book on Parish rule but to no avail. The reference to the selection model is even more farcical, Cork teams need good selectors not a model drawn up by some guy in an office.
I already mentioned that Fraggie Murphy as Cork minor hurling manager allowed dual players in 2023 and John Meyler in the same job did not in 2024. If there's a Rebel Og model as you state why do you think Fraggie and his management did not comply? The reality is that it's left up to managements in respective years. Bear in mind the factual evidence this time which is that Oir O'Callaghan (Liscarroll/Churchtown Gaels) and David O'Leary (Ballincollig) played championship with Cork minor hurlers and footballers in 2023, they did all the way up from U-14.
Although the GAA attempt to shirk responsibility on many issues they have an obligation to accommodate players playing both codes as both sports come under the same organisation. This is one reason why draws have been fixed for years and I have numerously referred to the Marty Morrissey cock-up on National TV in 2008 where the draw had to be fixed for Stephen Lucy to play both codes in the AI series that year, the GAA can deny this all they want but the draws were fixed for years before then and are still being fixed.
Haulie O'Sullivan is doing likewise to Fraggie but John Meyler ruled with an iron hand. I believe Meyler has no right to rule, his job is to manage. Players and Parents should be the decision makers here not the managers. When Fraggie was U-16 manager in 2022 Sean Og was one of the selectors and I mentioned it to him at the time after a match. He stated the players can play both for now underage with development key and they will come to their own decisions all in good time. That management practiced what Sean Og preached into 2023 when they were over the Cork minor hurlers. I agree with this philosophy and this is why I believe that Fraggie and Haulie did the right thing over Meyler.
immigrant
I don't know if it was exactly 12 players, it could also be 9, 10 or 11 but the player who put the onus on the respective managers was smart & brave and IMO had the right outlook. What I forgot to say is that the managers contacted his father dictating to get his son to change his mind and the father backed his son before the managers let him play both codes. AFAIK the player in question is now playing hurling only.
