Is corporate Croke Park calling shots?

The former GAA president on how the organisation is balancing its commercial responsibilities with its traditional core

The bad old days are back for the GAA it seems. Prior to the opening of Croke Park to rugby and soccer, the GAA was often the whipping boy for all sorts of often illogical reasons.

Phrases like ‘The Grab All Association’; ‘all they care about is money’; ‘the ref played for a draw’; ‘a backward looking shower’ were a constant recourse of clichés for critics of those charged with overseeing gaelic games.