Club players need to be represented as ‘fun’ goes out of game, warns Tony Davis

Former Cork All-Ireland winner Tony Davis has expressed grave concerns about the social, emotional and professional development of young GAA players.

Davis stopped short of calling for a representative body for club players but he believes that county boards all over the country are failing them and must do more to ensure their voices are heard.

Two key motions at GAA Congress last weekend — to cut down on the number of championship replays and moving forward the All-Ireland finals by two weeks — failed to get through and the club calendar, as it stands, looks set to remain congested. And Davis reckons that if senior inter- county players were surveyed, very few, if any, would admit to enjoying what they do.