Oh dear.

[browner]

http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/ ... ory=698619

[Gary]

Whoops!!! Maybe we could get a discount cos of their sponsorship of the URSC

[colinh]

************************** at what price your soul.

[browner]

Maybe they'll launch an "Ulster says no to the Maze shirt".

[colinh]

That one is bound to provoke an angry reaction from the membership.

[fermain]

Pillocks!

[Solid Air]

Oh Dear, would be fairly right Browner, have seen a pic of the article concerned, and it’s certainly ‘in yer face’

The GAA have distanced themselves from this, and I am sure all moderate GAA members will do likewise, however I can’t help thinking if some sort of parallel were drawn and a commemorative shirt produced to any other paramilitary grouping, and put out on say a Linfield, Rangers or, God forbid, an Ulster Rugby shirt, with the maker’s name emblazoned, it might just cause a wee bit more of a stir than a distancing exercise from the governing body?

KEEP POLITICS OUT OF SPORT, THERE ARE MORE THAN ENOUGH AVENUES FOR POINT SCORING AVAILABLE IN THIS COUNTRY.

I don’t know about you guys, but I would feel mighty uncomfortable watching a football game stood in a crowd of people wearing these shirts, just as much as I would standing at a soccer game in Windsor Park if a similar, ‘opposing stance’, shirt were made available to ‘the other side’?

Maybe I’m just not being tolerant enough…………………

[BR]

KEEP POLITICS OUT OF SPORT, THERE ARE MORE THAN ENOUGH AVENUES FOR POINT SCORING AVAILABLE IN THIS COUNTRY.
…………………

To be fair - there is no sport involved in this story. A commercial sportsware manufacturer fills a order from a non-sports organisation (hardly shocking). A number of ammature sportsmen lend support to a cause, in their capacity as private individuals (so what?).

Lots of people supported the cause of the hunger strikers (while they may not have supported the actions for which they were imprissoned). Hardly a story at all, in fact.

[browner]

Hardly a story at all BR............do you really think so?

Imagine Adidas launching a football style shirt with the logo of some far right German grouping on it, only business............i don't think so.

[BR]

Hardly a story at all BR............do you really think so?

Imagine Adidas launching a football style shirt with the logo of some far right German grouping on it, only business............i don't think so.

It may be in the interests of certain people to turn this into a story, but you're whole argument pivots on whether you believe that the hunger stike movement (note: not the republican movement, or the IRA/INLA) is/was an 'extremist' group. Some will say it is, others that it is not. And that is not a debate for this board.

[jamesie]

that is f*cking disgraceful... am incensed

[Cockatrice]

BR- I haven't seen the full article is there anymore? I ask because from what Donaldson is saying the manufacturer is responsible for both the design in question and the sale through its outlet.

[browner]

It may be in the interests of certain people to turn this into a story

Like who?

but you're whole argument pivots on whether you believe that the hunger stike movement (note: not the republican movement, or the IRA/INLA) is/was an 'extremist' group.

Of course one mans terrorist is another mans freedom fighter but i would be interested to hear anyone say that the above groups are not connected.

And that is not a debate for this board.

Are you speaking with some authority?




CT....................the link is still there at the top of the thread and is still working.

[Solid Air]

From the Irish News:

http://www.nuzhound.com/articles/irish_ ... triker.php

[Cockatrice]

I read the BT article but am confused as to other comments on this thread suggesting that the manufacturer simply filled the order of a non-sports organisation.

That isn't IMHO obvious from the report which appears to suggest that it was O'Neill's that brought out the shirt.