Jack Anderson: What does sporting world teach GPA about putting money in players' pockets?
The GPA’s goal is net zero status for the players. They can they learn plenty from their counterparts elsewhere around the world
MAKING MOVES: Gaelic Players Association CEO Tom Parsons, Head of Equality and Player Relations Gemma Begley and National Executive Committee member Shane O’Donnell after meeting with the Taoiseach Micheál Martin this week. Pic: Ramsey Cardy/Sportsfile
Jack Anderson is a professor of sports law and global expert in governance, and regulation. He advises sporting bodies and contributes widely to public debate – as well as being a Limerick hurling supporter.
There was an element of second album syndrome to the recently released Gaelic Players’ Association (GPA) report entitled an “Assessment of Economic and Social Impacts of Inter-County Gaelic Football, Camogie and Hurling Players in Ireland”.
Reviews were, to say the least, mixed, with some having a Wildean – the GPA knows the price of everything but the value of nothing – element to them.
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