The GPA and the GAA are involved in a dispute about expenses for players. But what does it tell us about amateurism in an association which is a hugely successful commercial operation that is dependent on inter-county players for much of that success. But those players are increasingly be asked to be professional in so many aspects of their playing careers and they are surrounded by professionals in what Paul Flynn calls the cottage industry surrounding the game. In this podcast, The Currency‘s GAA analyst Paul Flynn talks to Dion Fanning about the origins of the dispute, the danger of…

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