Former Roscommon goalkeeper Shane Curran has hit out at the Gaelic Players Association, saying the players' organisation should go back to its roots.

Speaking on RTE Radio One yesterday, the outspoken 'Cake' suggested that pay-for-play exists within the GAA and questioned the direction the GPA has taken.

"There is enough anecdotal evidence to suggest money is changing hands in certain clubs, most likely in the big urbanised areas," he is quoted as saying in today's Examiner.

"I think there is [money changing hands for the players too].

"There is a type of put your head in the sand attitude to all this, if it is going on it is going on and we'll let it go on.

"One would have to ask where the GPA has gone. One of the reasons the GPA was set up was to actually look after the needs of all players at all levels, but I believe it has become fragmented.

"The fact that it has been subsumed into the vast monolith that is Croke Park, I think it has lost its voice.

"The reasons it was set up are now being forgotten. I do think they need to resurrect their footprint."

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