Football: Agent jets into talk with GAA.Byline: By AHMER KHOKAR RESPECTED Australian players' agent Peter Jess is on his way to Ireland armed with radical proposals to "stop the bastardisation n. 1. An act that debases or corrupts. Noun 1. bastardisation - an act that debases or corrupts bastardization degradation, debasement - changing to a lower state (a less respected state) of GAA GAA Goals Against Average (Hockey) GAA Gaelic Athletic Association GAA Gravure Association of America (Rochester, NY) GAA German Agro Action GAA Global Aquaculture Alliance GAA Gay Activists Alliance recruitment to the AFL AFL: see American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations. ." Jess has been talent spotting in Ireland for more than two decades. In the interim he has presided over the recruitment of nearly two dozen Gaelic footballers to Aussie rules, but Jess believes the time is long overdue to stop greedy Australian players' agents from attempting to raid young Gaelic footballers without the prior approval of the GAA Central Council. Jess is planning to discuss his ground-breaking ideas with the GAA before the start of the resurrected international rules series in October. "It's high time we got together to stop the bastardisation of GAA player recruitment and to put an end to to destroy. - Fuller. See also: End the actions of grubby players' agents in a way that will benefit both the GAA and the AFL," Jess said. "There are 32 Irish counties and 16 AFL clubs so my plan is to link two AFL clubs with every county to share fitness, knowledge, training methods, ball skills, and sport science techniques. "There would also be an opportunity for the AFL clubs to train and play matches in Ireland and for the Irish clubs to do likewise in Australia. "I also want to see a GAA endorsed academy as a centre of excellence set-up at UCD UCD University College Dublin UCD User-Centered Design UCD University of California at Davis UCD University of Colorado at Denver (Denver, CO) UCD University of Colorado at Denver UCD Unicode Character Database for Gaelic players who want to play Aussie rules. "There needs to be a legitimate, above-board, transparent system in place that will be a definitive pathway for GAA players who want to play Australian Rules football Australian rules football Variety of football played between two teams of 18 players. The field is oval, 145–200 yd (135–185 m) long, with four goalposts at each end. A six-point goal is scored when the oval ball is kicked through the two central goalposts. ." Jess' longer term vision is for an the creation of annual All-Ireland versus All-Australia Gaelic football Gaelic football: see under football. Gaelic football Irish sport, an offshoot of the violent medieval game mêlée. In the modern game, sides are limited to 15 players. and Aussie Rules contests and he has already discussed his ambitious plans with GAA President Nickey Brennan and Dublin legend and current UCD director of sport Brian Mullins. "I can't see there ever being a mass exodus of GAA players to the AFL but regardless the integrity of both codes needs to be protected." CAPTION(S): DISCUSSIONS Brennan |
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