GPA will vote to retain Football League finals

Chief executive Tom Parsons has been given a strong mandate to oppose the proposal by the CCCC to disband the four deciders

Strong mandate: Gaelic Players Association chief executive Tom Parsons. Pic: Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile

The Gaelic Players Association (GPA) will vote to retain the Allianz Football League finals at tomorrow’s Central Council meeting in Croke Park After gauging opinion of football squad representatives, the official players body’s chief executive Tom Parsons has been given a strongmandate to oppose the proposal by the Central Competitions Control Committee (CCCC) to disband the four deciders.

The CCCC have explained that some counties in Connacht, Leinster and Ulster drawn in preliminary provincial rounds and reach a league final may have a one-week turnaround from one competition to the other.