Brennan warns colleges on pre-season competitions

NICKEY BRENNAN has called on third-level colleges to reconsider their involvement in pre-season competitions such as the McGrath, McKenna and O’Byrne Cups.

Third-level institutions have featured in these campaigns in recent seasons, and will do so again in 2008, but Brennan believes this should be discontinued.

“In relation to the whole burnout debate there was some people who would have said that the third level had somehow got off lightly in the recent report. There was a suggestion that there should be more questioning of games that are played (at third level).