The GAA's two most successful football and hurling counties, Kerry and Kilkenny, are opposed to managers being paid in any shape or form.

Delegates at Monday night's Kerry county board meeting voted in favour of the Association retaining its amateur status after chairman Patrick O'Sullivan sought their views on GAA director-general Paraic Duffy's recently-published discussion document.

O'Sullivan told the Irish Examiner: "We had a meeting with the clubs regarding the payment to managers discussion document and 27 chairmen showed up. The feedback we got from the meeting is that Kerry clubs are not in favour of paying managers and we will be sending our deliberations to Croke Park as requested by February 24, with some extra points added on to show that we are not completely negative on the subject.

"So we are in favour of Option 2, which basically states 'the GAA should exercise all its power to enforce its amateur status. A vigilant registration and audit board would be formed to oversee the payments of fees and expenses to inter-county teams and managers'."

Kilkenny delegates also voiced their opposition to paying managers on Monday night. The verdict comes as no surprise after hurling manager Brian Cody expressed his opposition to manager payments recently. Tweet

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