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Irish Mirror
Irish Mirror
Sport
Paul Keane

Dublin star Jack McCaffrey thinks pay-for-play would destroy GAA entirely

All-Star Dublin defender Jack McCaffrey believes pay-for-play would ‘destroy Gaelic entirely’ and have an ‘awful effect’ on the GAA.

Medical doctor McCaffrey was bullish when asked professionalism in a NUI Galway Webinar last night.

The 2015 Footballer the Year said: “I think it would destroy Gaelic entirely, to be honest. The whole beauty of the GAA is that it’s rooted in Irish history and in the Irish community.”

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