Dublin manager Pat Gilroy is adamant that he would not take on the Dublin job in a full time capacity.

As the debate over payment to managers' rages, Gilroy has been linked with a director of football role in Dublin, something similar to the one that John Evans holds in Tipperary, but this is of no interest to the St Vincent's club man.

"If someone said 'you've to give up your job to do football', I wouldn't put my hat in the ring for it. My career is important to me -- this is my pastime and what I enjoy doing. If it was my job, it wouldn't seem the same for me," he told the Irish Independent.

"It is a massive amount of time and commitment but I really enjoy it and the way it works for me is fine. I could totally understand guys in different counties thinking differently -- we don't have big distances to travel in Dublin, but personally the whole thing suits me as it is."

Gilroy, who is the managing director of facility management company Dalkia, which has a workforce of 500 employees believes that an open debate on the matter would be beneficial to the GAA.

"I think it would be healthy to have a very open debate about it because it seems to be a thing that is talked about in dark corners," he said. "It's probably not as big as people think. You hear all sorts of stories and I think amounts of money (allegedly paid to managers) are exaggerated because it is in dark corners, so it would be really healthy to have it debated." Tweet

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