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Published 11:41 12 Feb 2017 GMT
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"I get the argument for keeping the sport amateur and for what it is all about, but the majority of county teams will have a much more professional set-up than the majority of soccer clubs which I have been at. "It's hard to get the balance right between the running of the whole thing and the players."We may not consider the Scottish Premiership, Bulgarian or Cypriot leagues on the same level as the Premier League of La Liga, but Sheridan has played for teams that frequently qualify for the Champions League group stages and for him to place county teams' preparations above them in terms of professionalism is a hell of a statement. The hoary issue of professionalism and pay-for-play has been raised time and again, with no widespread support out there for the abandonment of one of the cornerstones of the GAA. However as the budgets of teams grow, the alleged payments to managers get bigger and bigger and the commitment demanded of the players increases, we can expect the topic to be raised time and again.
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