Clontarf motion on inter-county player eligibility tweaked ahead of Congress

The Clontarf motion, which will be discussed at GAA Congress in late February, proposes that players must have played eight games in the previous year to be eligible for inter-county level

Former Dublin footballer Noel McCaffrey said primacy of the club has been "clearly disregarded by deliberately, systematically separating players from their clubs as soon as these players are brought onto county panels, even at underage level." Pic:Ramsey Cardy/Sportsfile

Insisting players line out eight times for their GAA club to qualify to play for their county at adult level the following year can be a step towards “slowing or stopping” the race to professionalism, says former Dublin footballer Dr Noel McCaffrey.

Ahead of a vote at Congress on Saturday week, McCaffrey’s club Clontarf have returned with a revised motion on inter-county eligibility after withdrawing their original proposal for further consideration.