Players key to driving integration plan, says GPA chief Parsons

Parsons also wrote that the players' union is keen to engage in highlighting 'transparency in spending'.

GPA chief executive officer Tom Parsons. Pic: David Fitzgerald/Sportsfile

The Gaelic Players Association’s (GPA) chief executive Tom Parsons has credited members with driving the integration process in spite of recent suggestions they damaged it.

In his annual report earlier this month, GAA director general Tom Ryan said the protest in support of female players’ campaign for a charter and minimum standards at last year’s Kerry-Derry All-Ireland SFC semi-final may have done “unwitting damage” to the project.