GAA ‘needs to do more to promote games’

THE GAA needs to do much more to promote their games, according to the Munster Council PRO Fr Séamus Gardiner last night.

Finance will have to be set aside in the area of marketing if they are to compete with other sports, he said. “Look at Thomond Park the other night, the colour and the flags,” he said. “It’s a very important issue in the future.”

New chairman Seán Fogarty expressed concern about the over-activity of young players, saying the dual-player issue had overshadowed the “gross overuse” of the star U21 player. County team managers and county board officers were failing to protect these players by having them play in a multiplicity of competitions and expecting them to train with all the panels.