Conroy adapts to life on sidelines but calls for solutions to 'overplaying'

Mayo forward's role is reduced to supporter for 2022 campaign after ACL agony and he feels third-level players need more protection from scheduling

Sitting, waiting, wishing: Mayo footballer Tommy Conroy during the Launch of the 2022 Kellogg's GAA Cúl Camps at Croke Park in Dublin. Photo: Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile

Cruciate victim Tommy Conroy has called for clear separation of third-level competitions and the Allianz League as young players trying to impress county managers are not concerned with “overplaying” and putting themselves at risk of injury.

Mayo forward Conroy, when rupturing his ACL during NUIG’s Sigerson Cup quarter-final against Letterkenny IT on February 1, quickly became the totem of the heavy weight that the playing demands take on student footballers in the early months of each year.