Players could protest at upcoming games
Some of Gaelic Games' leading lights have promised some form of protest at upcoming inter-county games following yesterday's extraordinary general meeting of the Gaelic Players Association (GPA) in Portlaoise.
The EGM, which lasted for three hours and was attended by upwards of 400 GPA members, was expected to see the players launch a threatened strike to voice their displeasure at how they are currently being treated by the GAA.
GPA CEO Dessie Farrell admitted that "the threat of a strike still hangs in the air". In a statement after the meeting, the former Dublin forward claimed that members of the players' body were "extremely militant" and "baying for blood".
One speculated method of protest that could come to fruition at next weekend's National Football and Hurling League matches would be dressing room sit-ins - a tactic used to delay throw-in times around the country.
GPA members are due to vote on a list of demands that will be formally put before the GAA, in the next week. The demands are in relation to player welfare.
Farrell insisted: "There has been unanimous agreement for a formal ballot of all members on a motion endorsing a set of player welfare standards, a motion approving a course of action up to and including withdrawal of services to seek the agreement of the GAA to these standards outlined."
The GPA will be holding a press conference tomorrow in the new Jury's Croke Park Hotel.
