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[Reece Furey Brogan @FureyReece]

You can forgive underdogs for not playing the prettiest football in big games and finals, but Mayo’s performance yesterday was on another level. Absolutely outrageous! 🔥

[Gaelic Stats App @GaelicStatsApp]

Seen this clip across on another platform!

1) The football is a poor watch. No one can say today’s game isn’t much better

2) People like Mickey Harte and Jack OConnor grew up playing football like this. They deserve great credit for coaching the game to what it is now

[Off The Ball @offtheball]

"The reality has been that GAA clubs have been very good at making their applications"

Minister Charlie McConalogue talks about how the Sports Capital funds are shared to different sports as Gaelic Games received 96 times more funds than a sport such as Boxing.

You can catch the full interview wherever you get your pods

[Ed Freeman @EdFreeman9]

@TomasORuanaidh @AshElgrove RTE/GAA own GAA+

They could easily have shown it on the TV, but that wouldn't make them any money from subscriptions so they went with GAA+

[Smaller Fish @SmallerFishGAA]

“I went out and run 6.16 or something and they were blown away by it”

Cian McBride explains how he was signed by Essendon based on his 2km time trial - nothing else was needed 😀

[The Musk Vault @muskvault_X]

Controversial idea re. development squads.
1. Leave out all players who start regularly for school teams playing ‘A’ grade football. They get enough quality opportunities between club and school.
2. Select players who do not fit point 1.
3. Develop this group.

[Sports Nut @The_Sport_Nut]

@RuaidhriOC Where was this energy for Sexton?

[Niall McCoy @McCoyNiall]

20 years ago today. An incredible crowd and lots of skirmishes in that first half. Great footage.

[Typical African @Joe__Bassey]

This video will help you understand what privilege looks like.

[Dr. Clown, PhD @DrClownPhD]

This is fire! 🔥

[Andrew Ryland @ADRCoachDev]

I’ve posted Sam Underhill numerous times. The one thing that always jumps out to me is his “postural strength”.
When you watch, look at is body position and “spine aligned”. Never changes. Even with other giant people running into him.

[Epic Clip Vault @EpicClipVault]

You can’t escape your destiny 😂

[Alan Smith @AlanJLSmith]

Suppose that once a week, ten men go out for beer and the bill for all ten comes to £100.

If they paid their bill the way we pay our taxes, it would go something like this:

The first four men (the poorest) would pay nothing.

The fifth would pay £1.

The sixth would pay £3.

The seventh would pay £7.

The eighth would pay £12.

The ninth would pay £18.

And the tenth man (the richest) would pay £59.　

So, that’s what they decided to do.

The ten men drank in the bar every week and seemed quite happy with the arrangement until, one day, the owner caused them a little problem.

“Since you are all such good customers,” he said, “I’m going to reduce the cost of your weekly beer by £20.”

Drinks for the ten men would now cost just £80.

The group still wanted to pay their bill the way we pay our taxes.

So the first four men were unaffected.

They would still drink for free but what about the other six men?

The paying customers? How could they divide the £20 windfall so that everyone would get his fair share?

They realized that £20 divided by six is £3.33, but if they subtracted that from everybody’s share then not only would the first four men still be drinking for free but the fifth and sixth man would each end up being paid to drink his beer.　

So, the bar owner suggested that it would be fairer to reduce each man’s bill by a higher percentage.

They decided to follow the principle of the tax system they had been using and he proceeded to work out the amounts he suggested that each should now pay.

And so, the fifth man, like the first four, now paid nothing (a 100% saving).

The sixth man now paid £2 instead of £3 (a 33% saving).

The seventh man now paid £5 instead of £7 (a 28% saving).

The eighth man now paid £9 instead of £12 (a 25% saving).

The ninth man now paid £14 instead of £18 (a 22% saving).

And the tenth man now paid £49 instead of £59 (a 16% saving).　

Each of the last six was better off than before with the first four continuing to drink for free.　

But, once outside the bar, the men began to compare their savings. “I only got £1 out of the £20 saving,” declared the sixth man. He pointed to the tenth man, “but he got £10!“　

“Yeah, that’s right,” exclaimed the fifth man. “I only saved a £1 too. It’s unfair that he got ten times more benefit than me!”　

“That’s true!” shouted the seventh man. “Why should he get £10 back, when I only got £2? The wealthy get all the breaks!”　

“Wait a minute,” yelled the first four men in unison, “we didn’t get anything at all. This new tax system exploits the poor!”

The nine men surrounded the tenth and beat him up.　

The next week the tenth man didn’t show up for drinks, so the nine sat down and had their beers without him.

But when it came time to pay the bill, they discovered something important – they didn’t have enough money between all of them to pay for even half of the bill!　

And that’s how it works.

Tax them too much, attack them for being wealthy and they just might not show up anymore. In fact, they might start drinking overseas, where the atmosphere is somewhat friendlier.　

For those who understand, no explanation is needed.

For those who do not understand, no explanation is possible.

[Andy Watters @andyirishnews]

Versatile defender Arnoldas Macidulskas became the first player of Lithuanian heritage to win a @TyroneGAALive senior championship when @LoughmacroryGAA beat @TrillickGAC in Sunday’s dramatic county final

[Rick Golfs @Top100Rick]

You spend $10,000 on your one time bucket list trip to Ireland. You get to Ballybunion and this is the weather.

Do you play?

I would! Would it be silly and stupid? Yep. But it’s a great memory with friends and the stupid days are a part of life and often the most remembered.

Do not be scared of a links golf trip based on the crazy weather videos. Yes the bad days can be insane, but there are way more good days!

If you have never been, get to Ireland or Scotland. It’s the best.

[NewsForce @Newsforce]

This might be the best SNL skit in the past 20 years.

[Joe Rogan Podcast News @joeroganhq]

Jimmy Dore: "I'm not saying that the COVID-19 vaccine doesn't work, all I'm saying is everybody I know who got the... vaccine then got COVID... Could you imagine if we all got the polio vaccine and in the same year we all got polio?"

[Jerome Quinn @JeromeQuinn]

Kyle Coney was a baller..

Found this in my archives from 15 years ago, to show @RTEgaa and @MartyMofficial that the @TyroneGAALive man really was #Cliffordesque

It's for @ardboegfc vs Dromore, and the second point is a bit special.

[Smaller Fish @SmallerFishGAA]

Donegal co board on their 6 day turnaround before the Monaghan game

"We feel the welfare of our players was not adequately considered in the decision making process."

Sean MacCumhaills won on Sunday to make the Donegal quarter finals

When is their quarter final fixed for? This Saturday of course, 6 days later 🙈