GAA curtailing American dream

THE change of rule adopted at the recent Congress of the GAA will seriously curtail the activities of players contemplating a summer in the US if their county teams make an early exit from the championship.

Longford manager Luke Dempsey was clearly in the dark at the weekend when he expressed concern about players going to America because his team won’t be in action again for ten weeks, until the qualifier competition gets under way (on July 19).

Association President Nickey Brennan confirmed yesterday that no inter-county senior player who participates in either the hurling or football championship this year will be permitted to play in the North American Board area (Boston and Chicago) in the same season. And, Director-General Paraic Duffy pointed out that he had circularised all county board officers to remind them of the new regulation.