Paul Galvin feels it is only a matter of time before the GAA turns professional.

Joining the debate that was stirred up by Eugene McGee who predicts in his new book that inter-county players will be paid within 10 years, the former Kerry star claims an amateur GAA is "becoming unsustainable" as the Association becomes more commercialised and cash-rich.

Speaking on RTE's 2FM, Galvin said: "People say that professionalism is unsustainable, I look at it now and I think amateurism is becoming unsustainable.

"For players and the time they are putting into it, the money that is in the game, there is so much money in the game.

"I would be interested to see, watch this space, on how they can justify the income and the revenue and tell players 'best of luck and thanks for everything'.

"The Sky thing is a big deal, a big departure for the GAA and I would see it as being a positive thing if players begin to see some benefits. I think a more condensed playing season would be a big benefit for players. I think increasing the rate of mileage players get for expenses would be good.

"We would have trained between Tralee and Killarney, most of the year in Killarney so some guys would have had an hour-and-a-half each way, three nights a week maybe four nights a week."

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