By John FogartyIn his final annual report, GAA director general Páraic Duffy has called on the organisation to reconsider its view on the amateur status. GAA rules that are difficult to monitor, or that confront comfortable ways of doing things, tend to be ignored. Duffy pointed out the one-point nature of their victories in four of their All-Ireland successes this decade. “One is led to wonder if the “divide Dublin” proponents have given any thought to what the GAA would lose if Dublin were to be split. And is the sight of Dublin supporters on Hill 16 not one of the great spectacles in Irish sport?

Source: Evening echo January 23, 2018 12:22 UTC