Is it fair to deem hockey as an 'amateur' sport?

While Thursday’s deferral of the EY Hockey League’s has seen some at the top end of the game question what status Ireland’s top competition holds, Irish international David Harte says the problem is even more acute in the Netherlands.

Widely regarded as the world’s best club league, the Hoofdklasse was put on hold following a lengthy meeting of the tweede kamer, the second chamber of the Dutch government, when it was deemed an ‘amateur’ sport.