GPA: Scrap All-Ireland ‘B’ championship plan or we’ll walk

The GAA and GPA are on a major collision course after the players’ organisation last night threatened the non- compliance of eight county teams if the ‘B’ championship proposal is approved by Congress later this month.

Following extensive consultation with players from each of the eight Division 4 teams, the players’ representative group have informed Croke Park unless the ‘B’ championship proposal is pulled from the Congress clár, top-brass run the risk of green-lighting a competition no county currently eligible for will play in.

The threat of strike unless a climbdown is forthcoming from GAA hierarchy on their favoured All-Ireland SFC structure is certain to lead to a further cooling in the relationship between the GPA and Croke Park. The GAA declined to comment on the possibility of a mass boycott.