Secret GAA Coach: GAA clubs had better put juveniles first - for fear of a ‘Bosman Ruling’

"There have been cases where some bigger clubs in our county have gone on a charm offensive to entice the services of a 13-year-old with sights set on glory at Under 14 - that is wrong and the GAA are right to defend smaller clubs."

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THOSE of a certain vintage will remember that great period of freedom in the 1990s. Mr Gorbachev gave us Glasnost and Perestroika, Mr Delors gave us Maastricht. We were living in the land of the free.

Then, a litigious Belgian footballer called Mark Bosman felt professional footballers should be able to freely transfer between clubs when out of contract.