GAA blasts ‘underhand’ move on players

THE GAELIC Players Association has reacted angrily to “underhand” moves by GAA chiefs to lure players into a new official players’ body.

GPA president Dessie Farrell claimed yesterday that county boards have approached players to go forward for election to a proposed official players group, blasting: "The emergence of a selection strategy that can only be described as wholly undemocratic and underhand is further evidence that the GAA's efforts to undermine the GPA's status with a newly appointed players' body is ill-conceived.

"We have sought and received assurances from player squads that co-operation will not be forthcoming for the proposed Croke Park controlled body, so it is not possible to bestow any credibility whatsoever on this entity."