Allowance scheme recommended to counter any possible inter-county pay-for-play demands

The “Towards the 150th anniversary of the GAA” committee envisaged the grassroots accepting the contribution of inter-county players and managers to the Association being reflected in a new allowance scheme.

Details of the 2034 body’s recommendation to acknowledge such individuals financially but not at club level were revealed by The Irish Times last year and the report explained why such a radical move is necessary as it is now “inappropriate” to describe those playing at the elite level as amateurs for the commitment they put in.