CPA: GAA have ‘no appetite’ for fixtures change

The Club Players Association (CPA) has claimed the GAA’s hierarchy have shown “no appetite” to make meaningful changes to the master fixtures calendar for the benefit of club footballers and hurlers.

At a press conference on the Irish Sports Campus yesterday, the body’s chairman Micheál Briody said recent meetings with GAA officials have effectively amounted to “tokenism” and their discussions with them are now at a “standstill”.

In a briefing lasting over 90 minutes, CPA executive committee members outlined their recommendations and plans to improve the GAA calendar.