Ryan calls for hardline approach to protect GAA amateur ethos

In his annual report, the director general claimed inter-county set-ups are “increasingly professional in all but name”.

GAA Director General Tom Ryan. Picture: INPHO/Tom Maher

A hardline approach towards protecting the GAA’s amateur status is one of the few solutions remaining to the association, director general Tom Ryan has admitted.

In his annual report, Ryan claimed “club management is now largely a paid undertaking” and inter-county set-ups are “increasingly professional in all but name”.