GAA player protests - Opportunity for winners all around

YESTERDAY, GAA games throughout the country were disrupted by dignified protests of players who delayed proceedings for 15 minutes in what was really a demonstration of player power.

The players are not looking for direct money payments, but for perks such as scholarships and other benefits.

Players put enormous efforts into the modern game and they deserve recompense, but there must be no question of the taxpayer footing this bill. That would be a perversion of the concept of charity, because the GAA is a wealthy organisation that can well afford to recompense its own deserving members.