Sean Cavanagh has warned that inter-county players won't stand idly by if the Government decides to scrap the grants scheme. The GPA secretary and Tyrone star was speaking ahead of next week's crucial meeting between Sports Minister Martin Cullen and GPA chief executive Dessie Farrell which will discuss the future of the scheme. "Every player is going to give you a different opinion, but I think the general opinion is that GAA players would be pretty angry if they were the only ones singled out for special treatment in the cutting of the sports budget," said Cavanagh, who pointed out that eight of the current Tyrone squad are out of work. "I would imagine if GAA grants are completely thrown out, there would be some course of action maybe down the line. "On what that might be, I'm not too sure. Any players I've been speaking to, and any feedback I've been having from the GPA, is that something would be considered. "They have been speaking with players from all different counties and they would be extremely angry if the grants were thrown out the window." The Sports Minister caused confusion last Tuesday when he said the Government had no money to fund the scheme, only to row back on his comments the following day. "You're picking up the paper and you're reading one thing he's saying and then he's saying something different the following evening," said Cavanagh. "To be honest, I don't really know where it's at, at the minute. "You'd almost rather just have a final answer on it and then move on after that and work out what the players want to do after that. "It's frustrating but I'll not get into the whole politics of it." Tweet

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