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Published 19:29 31 May 2018 BST
GAA players have enough training sessions, gym sessions, team meetings and bonding trips going on, they devote enough of their lives to the GAA so as not to be worried about drug testers banging on their door when they're in the sanctuary of their own home.
Shouldn't stuff like that happen at matches, at training sessions, at these gym sessions?
Cork hurling legend Diarmuid O'Sullivan is a Paddy Power GAA ambassador, and he said what we were all thinking about Sport Ireland's proposals.
Hear hear.“My view on this is very simple. These are amateur players you’re talking about here, not professional athletes so I wouldn’t see it as being fit or right for anti-doping tests to be carried out on these players outside of training hours. If they were being paid for a living to play GAA and drug testing was part of their contractual agreement then that’s fair. But I don’t think this is a fair expectation and 98% of the GAA fraternity would feel the same.
“These funds should be released immediately. These players are sacrificing enough. Their attendance at training sessions and dedication to an amateur sport already has a massive impact on their professional lives and indeed their personal lives. This money is due to them so I hope a solution is found fast before this escalates into something far more serious."
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