Wexford’s 1996 All-Ireland winning manager Liam Griffin
IT’S JUST OVER 20 years since he steered Wexford to their last golden September day in Croke Park.
Now Liam Griffin wants to help solve a problem that has been afflicting the GAA since his youth – the scheduling of club fixtures in a frequent and efficient fashion.
He was happy to join the Club Players Association – founded by Monaghan’s Declan Brennan – that are trying to tackle the issue.
“I see this as positive discontent where we are now. I don’t see it as adversarial,” outlined Griffin, when speaking passionately at the launch in Ballyboden St-Enda’s yesterday.
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Griffin was attracted to getting involved with the new organisation on the proviso that it was voluntary and unpaid.
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But he doesn’t want to see players resort to the nuclear option of going on strike
“No I wouldn’t. For the simple reason I want fellas to play games, I don’t want to stop them playing games.
“I don’t want to see a situation where we take games away, I want to work in a meaningful way.
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“I think we can improve the inter-county and improve the club at the same time in a parallel universe. Why not?
“If it’s nearly doable within a year as it is at the moment in a piecemeal bad fashion then it is therefore doable in an organised fashion.”
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