Pay the players - but at what price to the GAA?

SOME counter-balance is needed to the recent populist clamourings of certain football personalities for diverting a slice of Croke Park revenues to players on the more successful teams.

Mon, 22 Aug, 2005 - 01:00

Any proposed change of GAA policy should surely pass two basic tests.

1. Will it help or hinder the long-term survival of our indigenous games?

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