GAA president Jarlath Burns has pledged to find a “proper place” in the calendar for the Sigerson and Fitzgibbon Cups.
It means that players are often expected to play three games in a week, with Meath boss Colm O’Rourke in particular bemoaning the “unfair” schedule that his players were faced with earlier this year, pointing out how some played seven games in a 20-day period.There have been calls for the competitions to be played pre-Christmas and/or without inter-county players.
He said: “Many other sports would give their right hand to have the footprint that the GAA has in our colleges and universities.
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