The GPA has failed Clare's Davy O'Halloran according to former Laois footballer Colm Parkinson.
The Banner County made the headlines for all the wrong reasons following O'Halloran's and Nicky O'Connell's departure from Davy Fitzgerald's hurling squad and, writing in today's Irish Independent, Off The Ball presenter Parkinson asks: 'What players' union would remain silent after one of their members admitted to feeling 'humiliated' as a result of excessive punishments handed down by a county manager?
'Take it from someone who has been in his position: Davy O'Halloran would appreciate some public support from his union.
'The biggest problem facing the modern-day player is the excessive demands on their time. Codes of conduct are now in vogue within county panels. Not only do county managers want to control their training lives, they want to control their private lives too.'
Parkinson also reveals the contents of one county's 'code of conduct' ...
He concludes: 'Why is the players' 'union' standing by and allowing players lives to be controlled like this?'
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