McEntee calls for change to Sigerson

Crossmaglen Rangers manager Tony McEntee believes Sigerson Cup football should be off-limits to senior inter-county players and the colleges competition should be used to develop promising club players.

McEntee did not allow star forward Jamie Clarke play for his own alma mater, University of Ulster Jordanstown, in this year’s Sigerson Cup campaign because of the Armagh club’s preparations for tomorrow’s All-Ireland club championship semi-final against Dr Crokes at Portlaoise (2.30pm).

But while he maintains that any player involved in the All-Ireland Club championship should give his clubpriority, he also contends colleges football and hurling would be serving the entire GAA world if it looked to develop other club players instead of obsessing about the recruitment and availability of big-name county players.