Moyna hits back at county bosses

DCU professor Dr Niall Moyna has warned the GAA is in danger of shortening inter-county players’ careers if it doesn’t regulate its fixtures calendar.

In a hard-hitting interview, the DCU professor, who manages the university’s O’Byrne and Sigerson Cup teams, also fears for the club scene and believes colleges will cut GAA scholarships and bursaries if inter-county managers continue to pull rank on student players.

Both Kildare’s Kieran McGeeney and Donegal’s Jim McGuinness have taken issue with the amount of time college football is taking from their players. But Moyna vehemently disputes that, insisting it is the demands placed on the students by their county bosses that is the most pertinent fact.