The Armagh man said that enhancing Gaelic football was his 'number one priority' on becoming president.
GAA president Jarlath Burns has said that he “hit the jackpot” when appointing Jim Gavin as Football Review Committee chairman.
Burns, who was taking part in a Q&A at the launch of Dalata Hotel Group’s five-year sponsorship of the All-Ireland under-20 football Championship yesterday, said that tackling the state of Gaelic football was his top priority once he became president-elect two years ago this month.READ MORE: All-Ireland winning manager opens up on his battle with incurable disease
“I speak to him maybe three or four times a week, he's very methodical, very meticulous. The one thing we both decided was we wanted to create a blueprint. We weren't just tinkering with the rules. We weren't going to do something there that was going to affect something here. “It has to be every year that you can divide five into, so the next time we will be able to do that is in 2030.”
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