GAA players ‘want to turn semi-pro’

OVER 70% of respondents to a Gaelic Players Association survey favour a move from amateurism to semi-professionalism. The survey was conducted over the last number of weeks by UCD’s Centre for Sports Studies.

Questionnaires were sent to 1779 players with 680 responding.

“It’s been fair to say that, while the GPA hasn’t advocated a pay-for-play policy, we definitely have to take stock of these findings now and digest them ourselves,” GPA chief executive Dessie Farrell said yesterday.