Fogarty Forum: Grasping the thorny rose that is amateurism in the GAA

A blind eye being turned to the payments to some inter-county and several club managers is one of the main ways in which the GAA is not living up to its amateur ethos. 

GAA president Jarlath Burns said last year that the association may look contracts for managers but it has enough problems without falling into the nettles of employment law. Pic: ©INPHO/Leah Scholes

The GAA’s amateur status review committee are looking for your opinion as they finalise proposals to try and preserve its volunteer ethos. Here is some of what you can expect to be asked and our answers:

Do you think that the GAA’s membership is broadly familiar with the GAA’s amateur status rule (Official Guide Part 1, Rule 1.8)?