The Kieran Shannon Interview: They have the potential to be the biggest change agents

The plight of club players was front and centre once more this week when Cork delegates debated radical new championship structures. Micheál Briody, chairman of the Club Players’ Association, was an interested observer of the discussions in Páirc Uí Chaoimh and now believes that progress is slowly but surely being made by the GAA in tackling the thorny issue.

They haven’t gone away, you know. They haven’t yet dropped out. The way they see it, too many club players have dropped out as it is and will continue to do so until the GAA, with a bit of help from themselves, fix the fixtures.