Pay for play is GAA’s inevitable destination

It must be a decade now since Dessie Farrell found space for two seats amid the organised chaos that was the Gaelic Players Association’s (GPA) old offices in Drumcondra and told this column he had no intention of staying on as chief executive beyond another few years.

Best laid plans and all that.

It’s only now the former Dublin captain is clearing his desk in the association’s ultra-modern headquarters just a 10-minute drive down the road in Santry.