GAA has lost sight of players' amateur status, insists Moyna

Moyna's difficulty with the topic lies with the training-load faced by players, not the game-load.

ALL TOO MUCH? Clare's David McInerney, left, and Shane O'Donnell during a training exercise. Pic: Ray McManus/Sportsfile

Professor Niall Moyna has argued that the GAA has lost sight that the inter-county game is played by amateurs.

Louth senior football head coach and selector Moyna is part of GAA president Jarlath Burns’ amateur status committee and heads up one of its subgroups focusing on backroom team sizes and the time involved in playing Gaelic games at inter-county level.