The gates to every GAA club are locked. And yet, the GAA now embracing every latest Government imposition is the same GAA that, through the decades, has been the living embodiment of recalcitrant, pre-virus Ireland. An association that, at club and county level, has bent rules and regulations with the spoon-buckling aplomb of Uri Geller. It's almost two decades since former GAA president Peter Quinn was asked to chair a committee tasked with investigating under-the-table payments to managers. Will GAA managers, red-carded players and county boards accept decisions that may not suit them because, well, rules are rules and we're all in this together?

Source: Irish Independent April 01, 2020 15:00 UTC