Barron: Teaching is top of the class for GAA players

Back-to-back All-Star Jamie Barron has admitted a large part of his reason for pursuing a teaching job is to aid his inter-county hurling career.

The Waterford midfielder and 2017 Hurler of the Year nominee stressed that he likes the idea of teaching and gets on well with kids but, acknowledged it’s mostly down to helping his hurling.

“I have a masters done in food business as well, probably thinking if I can do a bit of teaching for a few years and if I want to move away from it, then, when all the inter-county hurling is over, I can. I’ve a lot of options there then,” said Barron.