GAA President Nickey Brennan has stressed that county boards must tighten their belts during this time of economic crisis in the country. Brennan stated that funds recieved by county boards from Croke Park may not be as plentiful in the future and that each county will have to look at ways of cutting back on some of its outgoings. "County boards are seeing the cost of their inter-county teams rising at a steady pace. And this is just not sustainable in the future. Some counties have done well this year with their accounts, expenditure is rising at an alarming rate in most counties and clubs. With the economic forecasts as they are for the coming years, such over-the-top expenditure is utter folly," said Brennan. The Kilkenny native believes that inter-county players are going to have to take on board the seriousness of the situation and help reduce the costs by discussing the problem with their county boards. "Counties are going to have to sit down with their players and decide on how best the money that is available can be spent. Counties cannot continue to increase their spending at the level that they have been doing and there's certainly going to be a lesser pool of funds available from central level to counties. "Our revenue is down and therefore we will not be able to distribute as much money to county boards as we have heretofore. There are very stiff winds blowing at the moment and all of us in the GAA have to careful over the next couple of years to ensure that we don't create debts that will be difficult to handle. "Some counties are overspending on an annual basis and have been on a regular basis, which is madness. You have to cut your cloth to measure in everyday life and it is the same within the GAA." Tweet

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