GAA players forced to make too many sacrifices

GAA players are professional in everything but name and professional everywhere but pocket, suggests John Fogarty.

Long-standing entries into the GAA vernacular but irritating and, let’s be honest, inaccurate too.

While it was encouraging to see Gaelic inter-county players stand up for themselves in the wake of Stephen Hunt’s comments, they just aren’t professional. Let us rephrase that — they aren’t just professional.