The FAI’s new football pathways plan is a blueprint for the entire sport in Ireland, covering the next 12 years.
Gavin Cooney ON THE DAY the GAA, Camogie Association and LGFA announced a proposed date for their integration, the FAI unveiled a plan to integrate itself.
Irish football is best understood as a loose confederation of leagues, committees and administrators, united only by mutual suspicion. This non-system has done an abject job in realising the full potential of Irish football, and it is this the new plan seeks to address. The plan proposes running a March-November league season from U15 up, with U12s to U14s running a split season that allows for a summer break, while U8s to U11s will play in four separate blocks. This is open for some wriggle room, but the FAI’s difficult job is to bring everyone along with them while also being able to dictate when needed. One of the stand-out pieces of feedback is a request to the FAI that they show stronger leadership.
There is an ambition to expand the League of Ireland scholarship programme, which will be rolled out next year and has been funded by a group of Irish internationals, with Gavin Bazunu, Seamus Coleman, and James McClean among them.
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