John Fogarty: The GAA can be trusted to play it safe with Covid responsibilities

With the fields hopefully opening up again next month, the GAA’s cautiousness of last summer bears repeating

File photo: INPHO/Laszlo Geczo

Reading the correspondence between the GAA and government departments over the last year, one truism jumps out: Croke Park has played it safe throughout the pandemic.

Waiting until the 11th hour for a government subvention instead of exercising available credit lines to run last year’s Championship may have appeared risky but the alternative was no Championship. Frugality was always going to win out.