Players should not be allowed bet on any GAA game, says Oisín McConville

Oisín McConville believes the GAA’s next step in tackling gambling addiction should be an outright ban on Gaelic players betting on football and hurling.

As GAA Congress looks all but certain to endorse a ban on bookmakers sponsorship in Croke Park this Saturday, the former Armagh star is impressed with how the organisation has moved so quickly on the matter.

In 2016, following lobbying from the GAA, leading bookies agreed to discontinue opening markets for minor matches while last year Congress voted to outlaw players betting on the outcome of games they are involved in.