Ian Mallon: Camogie is booming so why is it in crisis? 

CONTROVERSY: Laura Tracey of Cork in action against Julianne Malone of Kilkenny during the Glen Dimplex All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship Final. Pic: Seb Daly/Sportsfile

IN JUST over a year the Camogie Association has secured more than €1.5m in a string of commercial and broadcast deals that make it the envy of almost all sports.

A high-end list of major corporates have agreed fees and contracts to partner with a sport on the rise, thanks to a landmark six-year broadcast deal with RTÉ.