Who will flash the cash that cracks GAA’s amateur code?

Shuffle forward a week from now and the drawbridge will close on applications for the role of the GAA’s next director general. Interesting times lie ahead, but the process of appointing Pauric Duffy’s successor has already shone a revealing light on an association at war with itself.

Does the new person need a business-related, primary third-level degree or not? The latter, it seems, now that the powers-that-be have clarified as much and extended the application period by seven days to accommodate those who may feel encouraged by the news.

However, all that does is kick what is a ticking time bomb down the road.