GAA ‘rich marketing tool’ for AFL

MICKEY HARTE has accused the GAA of becoming “a rich marketing tool” for the AFL and labelling the international rules series as a “charade” to mask their primary goal which he says is to “cream talented athletes” from the GAA crop.

While Seán Cavanagh was invoking the memory of Cormac McAnallen in an attempt to spur the Irish team ahead of this evening’s second test at Croke Park, his Tyrone manager remains a trenchant opponent of the series.

Harte insists that he has no issues with the AFL or any other sporting organisation attempting to recruit the best athletes, nor with gaelic footballers turning to professional sport, be it soccer, rugby or Aussie Rules.