Micheál Briody: Backdoor return for Gaelic football 'more disastrous than other two proposals'

Briody fears a return to the pre-2018 All-Ireland senior football championship qualifiers with the Division 3 and 4 teams entering the Tailteann Cup is on the horizon

Former CPA chairman Micheál Briody. Picture: INPHO/Bryan Keane

A return to the backdoor system in the All-Ireland senior football championship would be an act of “flawed democracy”, says the chairman of the now disbanded Club Players Association (CPA).

Propelled by the context of the pandemic last year, Micheál Briody and his voluntary lobby group saw their call for a split season endorsed by GAA chiefs and in turn Congress earlier this year. As a result, the CPA ceased activity in March.