Players’ body silent on ‘six subs’ shambles

THIS is time of general upheaval in the GAA, when skill levels are dropping and crowds are dispersing elsewhere; when the rules are in a state of perilous ambiguity and club players are treated with contempt by having their championship fixtures shunted about the place in favour of accommodating a small percentage of inter-county players.

And the Gaelic Players’ Association (GPA)? Why, they are busying themselves securing money for their members. The GPA have assured the wider GAA public that they have other concerns apart from securing player grants, yet in the current debacle engulfing Kildare and Offaly over the celebrated ‘six subs’ case, the silence from this body has been deafening.

Both Kildare and Offaly, and now Wexford, have had their season completely disrupted by the GAA’s inability to decide what their own rules mean.