Betting ban is needed to protect players, says GAA health manager

The introduction of a gambling ban is a necessary step to protect GAA players, according to the GAA's Community and Health manager Colin Regan.

The GAA’s health and wellbeing committee is to table a motion at next February’s Congress which, if passed, would prohibit players from betting on matches and competitions they are involved in. The committee is to meet next month to decide on the exact wording of the proposal, with Regan confirming that Croke Park top-brass have backed the initiative.

The GAA are also to approach leading betting companies in a bid to establish a memorandum of understanding and to determine how best to police this proposal.