Top GAA referee David Gough would not be comfortable taking charge of games until there is a vaccine for Covid-19.
The Government's Covid-19 exit plan could see games resume from 20 July albeit with limitations on the number of spectators and a number of other restrictions.
But last year's All-Ireland football final referee Gough would not be in favour of a return unless a vaccine for the virus is available.
He told RTE 2FM's Game On: "It's my decision whether I go back. I'm a volunteer within the Association like everyone else.
"I'd have to sit down and have a long think about it. At the moment I would say no.
"I’d have to see what developments are made between now and July but certainly we’re not going to have a vaccine in place by July.
"With my own personal circumstances, at the moment I wouldn't be comfortable refereeing matches with no vaccine.
"I'll just speak for myself, I won’t say for other referees, but it’s going to be quite difficult for us getting back into inter-county setups definitely at that stage. Club games might be a little bit easier to deal with."
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has floated the idea of the All-Ireland championships taking place behind closed doors.
But, even if matches are restricted to only players and officials, Meath man Gough can foresee many problems around social distancing in both inter-county and club encounters.
He said: "My own circumstance, travelling from Dublin to Meath, picking up four umpires and putting them into a car, and then travelling around Meath for a Championship match might not be the most prudent way to start off refereeing again.
"A lot of our umpires would be in the older age bracket and we need to be very careful about we're exposing these people to.
"I don’t know whether the Association is going to fork out for umpires to drive to the matches themselves if they can’t go safely in a car.
"There's no club that I’m aware of in Meath, except maybe Trim, that has a dressing-room big enough for adequate social distancing for referees and match officials. At inter-county level, even in Croke Park, it’s the same.
"There wouldn’t be room for eight match officials to be properly socially distanced."
Gough is one of 72 inter-county referees running 11.2km (the average distance run in a Championship match) to raise funds for Pieta House this Saturday.
