Paying players would kill the GAA, says Kelly

GAA President Sean Kelly has rejected suggestions that the All-Ireland senior finalists should receive a set figure in expenses from the Association.

"I think it would be the death-knell of the Association in one stroke,'' he said in reaction to comments made by Laois manager Mick O'Dwyer.

"If you were to start paying fellows for an All-Ireland final, you'd have to pay them for semi-finals, quarter-finals, for training and for club matches. You'd destroy what has made the Association so strong and what is so admired around the world now.''