Football/ Gaelic Shirts

sill

Hi don't know wheather this is right place for this discussion but here goes .My son has just left an intergrated school to start uni in Northern Ireland and is in shock at how many other students are wearing gaelic/football shirts just wondered what others thought about this as most employers in Northern Ireland have banned there employees from wearing such shirts is it then right for unis to allow there students to do this. Sill

irishjohn

Yes Sill - its perfectly OK to wear sports shirts to university where students like to express themselves and their personality. IF GAA are still seen as a political entity seeking a united Ireland then that is fine - and it will be OK for students to wear other types of dress portraying their personality and ideals as long as they are not identifiers for something illegal.

warmhands.coldheart

Sill, I agree in parts to what Irishjohn says in that it isn't illegal or the likes to wear a sports shirt of the team (Whatever the sport) which you support around Uni or in public for that matter. What Employers and some pubs/clubs do is down to them. HOWEVER. Belfast and indeed a lot of towns in Northern Ireland, being what they are, personally I would advise against wearing certain sports tops around the place particularly in the evenings/nights as some sections of the community on BOTH sides can take exception to certain types of sports tops... Personally I would say if out and about in the city in the evenings, just avoid wearing them

warmhands.coldheart

irishjohn wrote: »

Yes Sill - its perfectly OK to wear sports shirts to university where students like to express themselves and their personality. IF GAA are still seen as a political entity seeking a united Ireland then that is fine - and it will be OK for students to wear other types of dress portraying their personality and ideals as long as they are not identifiers for something illegal.

Not everyone in Belfast or Derry/Londonderry or any other town or village in Northern Ireland would take lightly to someone from "the other side" walking down "their" street wearing a sports top from "the other side". I think you are being quite naive if you think otherwise.......

Personally I wouldn't walk through Portadown in the evening wearing a Celtic or GAA top or likewise I wouldn't walk down the Falls wearing a Rangers top. Non are illegal organisations but I still wouldn't do it !!

saverbuyer

It's Uni, when I first read this I thought it was at an integrated school.

Everyone there are adults, well 18 anyway. University is about expression and learning not censorship. Students would be expected to show a certain level of maturity and common sense. Nothing wrong with wearing football tops in this environment. I agree, I wouldn't wear certain tops in certain areas but in South Belfast or the Northland Road area I'd be happy to wear a football top, I definitively wouldn't be shocked by it.

I've never worn one myself.

NiallB

saverbuyer wrote: »

Students would be expected to show a certain level of maturity and common sense.

Spent any time in the Holy Lands recently? :eek:

Cotta

Does intergrated education allow Gaelic to be played during PE etc?

warmhands.coldheart

Cotta wrote: »

Does intergrated education allow Gaelic to be played during PE etc?

Depends if it's a Catholic Integrated School or a Protestant Integrated School........... :rotfl::rotfl:

Cotta

warmhands.coldheart wrote: »

Depends if it's a Catholic Integrated School or a Protestant Integrated School........... :rotfl::rotfl:

Very good.

My point though is if it's permitted at schools why does the OP object to said attire at Universities?

getzls

Cotta wrote: »

Does intergrated education allow Gaelic to be played during PE etc?

At my son's school it does.

sill

saverbuyer wrote: »

It's Uni, when I first read this I thought it was at an integrated school.

Everyone there are adults, well 18 anyway. University is about expression and learning not censorship. Students would be expected to show a certain level of maturity and common sense. Nothing wrong with wearing football tops in this environment. I agree, I wouldn't wear certain tops in certain areas but in South Belfast or the Northland Road area I'd be happy to wear a football top, I definitively wouldn't be shocked by it.

I've never worn one myself.

I understand that they are over 18years olds and adults , I am 46years old and an adult yet I can't wear either a football shirt or a gaa shirt in my work so if I take on board all you are saying I am being censored which is surely an infringemant of my human rights. I guess what I am really asking is in a society with the problems we have is this really the right thing to allow in uni which for 90% off students is a stepping stone to employment.Sill