Potts defends GPA’s record amid O’Rourke’s ‘elitist’ blast

The Gaelic Players Association communications chief, Sean Potts, has hit back at Colm O’Rourke’s criticism of the player body, revealing that the GPA consulted the Kerry and Mayo squads when their All-Ireland semi-final replay was controversially moved to Limerick.

O’Rourke criticised the GPA in a newspaper column for being elitist, for not addressing fixture issues and burnout, and for focusing on fundraising rather than putting the case for Kerry and Mayo to play in Croke Park rather than Limerick.

However, yesterday Potts responded: “Both squads were contacted and we asked both if it was an issue we wanted to raise.