Mulcahy critical of discussion paper
January 20, 2012The document was released earlier this week to bring the whole issue of alleged illegal payments to intercounty managers into a public forum, but Cork's former All-Ireland winning captain is unimpressed with the manner in which the paper was drawn up:
"How come all of a sudden it's now being produced in the public arena?" he asks in The Examiner.
"Why has someone not got their hands on it if it has been in the pipeline over the last few years? You'd also have to look at it being released at the close of one presidency term and near the start of a new presidency term.
"I think the new GAA president is facing a big challenge after this huge can of worms has been opened.
"It's impossible to police the payments to managers at intercounty level if that is going on. County Boards all over the country are looking for ways to be successful and that's not going to change.
"The GAA is realistically a business now. The game has changed enormously in the last 20 years when you look at all the money coming in from sponsorship, gate receipts and TV rights.
"I also don't believe that we've got the full brief of what's in the document. It's a discussion paper but surely you don't put that much effort and time into that subject without thinking of recommendations as to what level of figures are involved if managers are the be paid.
"We're not getting the full picture."
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