Weekend’s football talking points: Does the GPA not trust the players?

As far as a communications strategy goes, this is nothing. It’s neither effective, nor disruptive

20 March 2022; Donegal manager Declan Bonner speaks to TG4 after the Allianz Football League Division 1 match between Dublin and Donegal at Croke Park in Dublin. Photo by Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile

Does the GPA not trust the players?

Nobody needs another hack bemoaning their plight, but the ongoing media ban imposed by the GPA was a novelty on the first weekend. Their point had definitely been made during the week, but then it strays into territory whereby they lose their own argument.