Any player ready to stick his head above the parapet?

Gaelic games has never enjoyed such cross-spectrum appeal, but the absence of diversity in the summer narrative is a source of concern — not least with other sports ready and willing to step up to the mic, writes Paul Rouse.

There are many interesting men playing inter-county Gaelic football and hurling. Meeting them is often a pleasure: They are well-educated, articulate, and many have thought-provoking things to say about all manner of things.

But there is something happening at the moment in the promotion of Gaelic games and it centres on the position of those inter-county players.