Wicklow and Cavan have both prepared motions ahead of Saturday’s meeting of Central Council to revive provincial tournaments
GPA want Central Council decision to cancel pre-season competitions to be upheldGPA chief executive Tom Parsons presented player welfare related data to last month’s meeting of Central Council after which GAA president Jarlath Burns called for a vote on suspending the pre-league competitions in 2025.
“The position of the GPA remains the same and we wish the decision taken last month is upheld and implemented for the 2025 season,” said a GPA spokesman. However, if the drive to reinstate the January competitions was to prove successful this weekend, then it could possibly lead to intercounty players seeking a change to that training return date.
“We know damn well teams have to come back training in November because of games in January. If the GAA want to increase the importance of those games at the latter end, maybe they should look at games that are taking up four weeks at the start of the season.” But the nettle was grasped in September when Central Council decided to pause the January competitions for one year – though should they be put on ice for one season it would be difficult to see them taken out of cold storage again in the future.
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