If the GAA does not stall the “runaway train” that is expenditure on inter-county teams, then certain counties will cease to compete at inter-county level and the association will “march blindfolded” into a championship structure contested by franchised outfits.

The association’s fixtures review committee have put forward three proposals for discussion with a mind to them being voted on at Special Congress.

An unpublished GAA-commissioned report aimed at outlining the organisation’s future towards its 150th anniversary in 2034 proposed the removal of the provincial championships.

A new oversight unit favoured by GAA top-brass will penalise county boards should they fail to schedule games on weekends where county players are permitted to line out for their club.

Following a meeting with Mayo officials in Croke Park last Friday, the GAA leadership are now keen to speak to the Mayo International Supporters Foundation chairman Tim O’Leary about resolving the impasse.

No senior, U20, or minor inter-county panel should be permitted to return to collective training before December 1, according to Connacht secretary John Prenty, who has called on Croke Park to hand over governance of training ban rules to provincial councils.

Connacht Council secretary John Prenty believes the pitch invasion before the end of Sunday’s provincial final may have been prevented if a countdown clock was utilised.

Stadium clocks should stop after 35 minutes, according to Connacht Council secretary John Prenty, who believes the premature pitch invasion near the end of Sunday’s Connacht SFC final may have been prevented if supporters were not aware of how much injury-time was remaining.

Just one Munster man — Cork GAA CEO Kevin O’Donovan — is involved in the new fixtures task force (four from Leinster, three each from Connacht and Ulster) but at least there are several members hailing from dual counties.

The membership of the task force was confirmed Sunday with chairman Eddie O’Sullivan joined by the likes of Cork CEO Kevin O'Donovan, Connacht secretary John Prenty and Dublin GAA CEO John Costello.

Mayo fans travelling to New York in May for the first GAA football championship match of the year have been warned that some of them may not get to see the match.

Control over county ground development projects should be taken away from county board officers and handed over to Croke Park, according to Connacht Council CEO John Prenty.

Connacht counties increased their spending on inter-county team preparations by 8% to €4.88m in 2018, audited figures show.

Mayo’s stand-in captain Jason Doherty revealed he took more than a dozen penalties on Saturday ahead of Sunday’s FBD League encounter which ended up being decided by an historic shootout.

Last week, the Irish Independent reported four counties — Armagh and Laois footballers and Waterford and Wexford’s hurlers — are to lose home advantage for their opening 2019 Allianz League home game after breaching the pre-Championship training camp rule, writes John Fogarty.

The GAA’s Competitions Control Committee (CCC) are expecting an attendance of “at least 15,000 people” to attend Saturday evening’s All-Ireland SFC Qualifier between Mayo and Kildare, and that was the primary reason behind the decision to move the game from St Conleth’s Park, Newbridge, to Croke Park.

Clare club Wolfe Tones na Sionna believe their recommendation to outlaw the practice of clubs hiring outside managers can be “sea-changing” for the GAA.

John Divilly pick out the key takeaways from the weekend’s football action.

Connacht counties have finally heeded the provincial secretary’s many warnings, with spending by counties on their flagship teams falling by 9% last year on the record high of €4.93m in 2016.

Wexford have been dealt a blow ahead of Saturday’s Leinster semi-final against Kilkenny with the news that Liam Óg McGovern is suspected to have torn a cruciate ligament.

Connacht Council secretary John Prenty has accused counties of “living beyond their means”, saying steps must be taken to rein in spending on inter-county teams.

Connacht Council secretary John Prenty has called for third-level teams to be pulled from the province’s FBD league.

God love Jarlath Burns for trying but in the wake of Louth manager Colin Kelly’s impassioned criticism of the six-day turnaround his team suffered on Saturday Burns’ attempt to justify it was never going to work.

Connacht Council secretary John Prenty has warned that further player uprisings, similar to the revolts which rocked the province in 2015, will lead to the creation of a “monster” within the GAA.

Billy Joe Padden says it is fanciful to believe a single county will be reprimanded for breaking the winter training ban.

The head of the GAA in Connacht believes that the football championship should be based on eight teams battling for each provincial title — but he feels none of the other provinces will back his proposal.

A leading provincial official has warned the deadline for county and club team coaches to attain GAA-recognised requirements is too ambitious.

Connacht Council secretary John Prenty predicts Sunday’s football decider between Galway and Mayo will contribute over €500,000 to the provincial coffers.

The Connacht GAA Centre in Bekan, Co Mayo was a hive of footballing activity yesterday as the finals of Feile Peil na nÓg took place.

Connacht Council secretary John Prenty has plenty to smile about at the moment.

Connacht Council secretary John Prenty believes the association is largely to blame for the strong drop off at adult level.

The GAA’s provincial councils are planning to finally tackle the club fixture programmes to end the raw deal being endured by the ordinary player.

Two prominent Munster GAA officials have given tentative support to the idea of introducing two more teams into the province’s senior football championship.

Frankie Dolan is facing a lengthy ban after an alleged assault on the fourth official after last month’s Connacht Club final.

Leitrim secretary Diarmuid Sweeney has revealed the county could not afford to fulfil last month’s FBD ‘away’ final fixture against New York.

Croke Park has sent in a team of officials to oversee a €1.5m financial crisis which has arisen in Sligo GAA.

The Connacht Council joined every other provincial bodies in recording an overall attendance increase for their championship games this year following Sunday’s minor and senior finals.

CONNACHT SFC SEMI-FINAL REPLAY:

Mickey Harte took a thinly-veiled swipe at supporters of the Football Review Committee’s (FRC) black card proposal after it was backed by Congress in Derry on Saturday.

Football Review Committee chairman Eugene McGee admits the committee are looking for every vote as they cling to the faint hope Congress will back the black card motion against cynicism in Derry today.

Connacht secretary John Prenty believes the Football Review Committee’s proposals have to be heeded if cynicism is to be curbed in Gaelic football.

The Connacht SFC final will be played at a neutral venue — regardless of who provides the opposition to surprise finalists Sligo.

Mayo manager James Horan has lashed out at GAA president Liam O’Neill for claiming gaelic football was boring.