Henry Shefflin Can’t Understand the Lack of Fans Left into the Games

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The former nine time All-Ireland winner has a valid point, if we’re going to trial live events well let’s properly trial them, these events are out doors and have very little risk, let’s have a few thousand rather than a few hundred at the games. See what Shefflin had to say below;

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“I can understand why people have been questioning it. I passed a club league on the way up on the road and there was more people at the league game than are going to be here today.

From a health and safety point of view, we abandoned conservatism before Christmas for a couple of weeks and paid a big price. There’s no way the Government can keep everybody happy.

I understand why, in a stadium of this size, it seems to be overly cautious. Then again there are people to make these decisions and I’m not one of them.

I can’t understand it. When you look at the soccer it really brought it home.

I was in Tramore a couple of weeks ago and the place was absolutely thronged with people. We’re going to be in an outdoor setting and can control it.

The numbers are limited to such an effect that it is having an impact on our championship, it definitely impacted last year.

It was sad driving in on the road today. We normally come here to start the Munster Championship and we’re all excited and buzzing, but not having the spectators or family and friends of these players is definitely impacting it.

I take the point on indoor dining, and we’re not scientists in any way, shape or form, but I do think in an outdoor setting such as this where we have the seats and numbers, we could have a lot more people here in a controlled environment…

We don’t know what’s going on behind the scenes.

To be fair to the Government, they supported a lot of the sporting bodies last year with funds when it was clear they required them. We do understand that.

I think we’re in the space now that the confidence has come back into the economy that we could have more people here.

I definitely think the GAA could be doing more to have people in the grounds.”

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