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Published 08:33 12 Jan 2017 GMT
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From the outside, looking in, it would seem somewhat harsh for a hurling club - intermediate or not - to tell its players that all holidays in 2017 are off limits but we know how seriously they take their hurling in Cork.
The topic of player contracts and charters was discussed on the most recent GAA Hour, with host Colm Parkinson particularly riled by the matter. He declared:
"You can go on holidays whenever you want! "Like, if you miss a league game, you miss a league game. Is this the height of the dictatorship - that a league game is going to dictate a family holiday? "That you could have got a good deal on flights, accommodation, everything, and your manager says 'You can't go on holiday that week and your children aren't going on holidays.' "Oh Lord, you'd have to bring the manager to your house and say, 'You tell my children. You break it to them'."
Well said but will those words permeate to The Rebel County? If so, happy holidays.Latest #GAAHour in the can. Of course St Brigid's contract gets it in the neck from @woolberto Subscribe on iTunes https://t.co/ZjP1Ehqfbf pic.twitter.com/qcN4OKlyFr
— SportsJOE.ie (@SportsJOEdotie) January 11, 2017
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