Delaney: pay for play cannot be allowed

THE concept of pay-for-play “is not a runner” in the GAA.

Michael Delaney, who has been the Leinster Council Secretary for the past 30 years, spells this out clearly in his report to next Monday’s annual convention in Navan, while also calling for urgent dialogue between the GAA and the GPA.

Admitting to a difficulty in understanding what the GPA stands for, he deduces from the anecdotal evidence that they have the ambition to obtain financial benefit for their members.