GPA's Ronan Sheehan: It's wrong to link football proposals to Oliver Cromwell

Sheehan’s fellow Down man McAvoy also criticised their four eight-team provincial conferences format, which proposes a team from Ulster switch to Connacht

Insulted: Down hurling manager Ronan Sheehan

Ronan Sheehan, the Gaelic Player Association’s (GPA) representative on the calendar review taskforce, has condemned recent comments made about the group by Ulster GAA chief executive Brian McAvoy.

In an interview with the Irish Examinerlast Saturday week, McAvoy said the taskforce’s “league as championship” proposal “is probably the worst motion I ever saw on a Congress Clár”.