Full-time student squeezing in part-time work and spending 16 hours weekly driving between Limerick and Waterford for training
PJ Fanning is talking through the demands of his life as a full-time student in Limerick and an intercounty hurler in Waterford, spending up to 16 hours a week driving between the two. He is juggling some part-time work also, all while trying to perform at his best for two managers.
‘There was a part of me that felt sorry for him’ - Wexford hurler Lee Chin on the man who racially abused him into the experiences and challenges of student intercounty players, Fanning also sees room to ease some of those demands, particularly on the college side. He adds: “From my home in Waterford to college in Limerick, it’s a 2¼-hour journey, door to door, and that’s each way, and it’s not a great road. So that is taxing on the body. .
At the launch in Trinity College Dublin of the Gaelic Players Association report were, from left: PJ Fanning, Casey Hennessy, Danielle O'Leary and Niall Loughlin. Photograph: Sam Barnes/Sportsfile The report also found that 32 per cent are regularly torn between college and county commitments and 62 per cent say county managers cause most pressure during college.
The report’s overriding recommendation is that “a rebalancing of the identity of these student athletes is needed”, with an emphasis on their “academic challenges rather than on their sporting commitments”.
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