Why it’s vital the GAA must stop clinging to the past and embrace the future

Not everyone in the GAA community is happy with the fact that Bruce Springsteen’s gigs at Croke Park tonight and on Sunday have caused Championship games to be shifted around the calendar, but you have to hand it to the Boss in that he rarely lets the crowds down. Three-hour sets are de rigeur and an iconic play-list is routinely swept through for effect, writes Brendan O’Brien

The same can’t be said for the hurling and football fare offered up in HQ and elsewhere so far this summer.

Hardly a new complaint, we know, but it is impossible to overstate how underwhelming last week’s championship matches were as we look ahead to - no disrespect intended to those involved - another ho-hum line-up in two days’ time.