Tobin: Years of work aimed at curbing burnout could be undone at Congress

Tobin, a member of the current age grades review group and player burnout committee that sat in the mid-2000s, sees a return of U18 as the minor inter-county grade as a retrograde step.

BURNOUT WORRY: John Tobin at the GAA Games Development Conference at Croke Park in 2018. Pic: Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile

Fri, 17 Feb, 2023 - 07:01

John Fogarty

Former Galway and Roscommon manager John Tobin fears years of evidence-based work aimed at curbing player burnout could be undone at Congress this weekend.

Tobin, a member of the current age grades review group and player burnout committee that sat in the mid-2000s, sees a return of U18 as the minor inter-county grade as a retrograde step.