O Domhnaill slams winter break
October 29, 2009
Former Galway great Sean O'Domhnaill
Galway football selector Sean O Domhnaill has added to the chorus of discontentment regarding the GAA's close season by hitting out at the decision by the powers-that-be to make November and December off-season.
The All-Ireland SFC medallist has voiced his criticism of the winter ban on collective training, claiming that the risk of injuries to players has increased because of the ban:
They are trying to avoid player burnout but you are then expected to go playing FBD League games a week later," the Galwayman blasted in today's Irish Examiner.
"That's how you pick up injuries. It is a stupid rule because the clubs are all training. The most stupid GAA rules don't allow us to train until after January 1st.
"The players will have their own programmes so they will be okay."
Most Read Stories