GPA raise the stakes in major gamble

WHEN I wrote on Tuesday that the GPA were opening a can of worms and that there would be many anxious eyes strained to see what emerges,I had a feeling that the story was going to grow and grow.

However, I hadn’t anticipated matters would come to head so quickly. Yesterday’s call by the GPA galvanising their members into action in their quest for full recognition and 5% of commercial revenue certainly burst the lid open.

It throws down the gauntlet to Croke Park in no uncertain terms. Five per cent of commercial revenue might not appear a very high percentage but translated into hard cash, that is €2m per annum. It is a whopping sum indeed for an amateur organisation.