Cork club delegates vote unanimously against manager payments

CORK club delegates last night unanimously opposed the introduction of payments to inter-county managers and backed a proposal from the county’s board executive to pursue the second option in GAA Director-General Padraic Duffy’s discussion paper on payments to managers, which will reinforce the association’s policy on amateurism.

A motion to back that option was brought forward by county board chairman Bob Ryan, seeking to establish that as Cork’s stance on the issue. This was met with widespread approval and will be articulated at the next meeting of the GAA’s Central Council.

Ryan stressed that paying managers at inter-county level was not an issue in Cork and stated that the county ‘is very lucky that people are very glad and happy to train and manage teams of all levels without payment’.