Brendan Devenney: Out-of-hand sledgers taunted bereaved minor player

Former Donegal star Brendan Devenney has alleged that a county minor footballer was taunted about the death of his father by opposition players.

Devenney says incidences of verbal abuse and sledging have become frighteningly common up North and insists almost every Ulster county is now engaging in verbals to steal a march on the opposition.

Devenney is fearful for the mental well-being of young players who are subject to sledging and admits his “stomach was turned” to hear a Donegal minor was verbally abused over the death of his father to cancer during a game.