Last stand for Horan claim CPA
THE CPA want John Horan to take the “last stand” of his GAA presidency by ensuring club championships can be run off properly before the inter-county game restarts.
The GAA’S roadmap to returning gave the club game 11 weeks to play ahead of the return at county level on October 17.
But some counties are planning for very short club championships which can mean county managers getting their players back earlier than expected.
And CPA chairman Micheal Briody insists it is unfair that Croke Park bosses have put the onus on county boards to sort the scheduling out since they have a “conflict of interest” between running a successful club championship and a successful county side.
“The GAA, centrally, are abdicating their responsibility to clubs,” he said. “They really need to take a stand on this.
They’ve proven they can take a stand, they’ve proven they can be leaders in certain circumstances.
“But it seems to be an a la carte menu and they’re choosing what to lead on – and I think this is one thing that they really have to show strong leadership on, and basically leave a legacy.
“John Horan, as the president, has an opportunity here to leave a legacy on the GAA. He will be leaving office in
February next year, and this is his last stand.
“And we think he has a tremendous opportunity to be the first president in a long, long time to really put club to the forefront of the GAA where it belongs,” he told Paddy Mcgill’s Ocean FM podcast. “It will really test were loyalties lie.”