91% of Kerry All-Ireland winning squad agree with split season model

Their views were canvassed in a GPA survey  

Kerry players, from left, Dylan Geaney, Paul Geaney, Conor Geaney and Tom Leo O'Sullivan celebrate with the Sam Maguire cup after the GAA Football All-Ireland Senior Championship final match between Kerry and Donegal at Croke Park in Dublin. Photo by Seb Daly/Sportsfile

A vast majority of the Kerry senior footballers agree with the split-season model, according to data presented to county delegates last week.

A Kerry GAA review into the issue of possible burnout for inter-county players and availability for local championships was presented at the recent county committee meeting. The review committee was made up of Kerry GAA coaching officer Joe Costello, Kerry's head of high performance Jason McGahan, Kerry footballer Paul Murphy, Mid Kerry GAA chairman Mike Sayers and Noel Kennelly, the former Listowel Emmets chairperson.