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Limerick’s minor pitches manager Diarmuid Mullins believes the GAA “owes an apology to the young players” for the way they communicated the change to Covid-19 Level 5 restrictions.
The GAA today announced that the 2020 inter-county under-20 and minor championships will be ‘paused’ beginning at midnight Wednesday, as the six weeks of Level 5 restrictions begin at midnight.
There was confusion as to what Tier 5 would mean for the Minor and U20 games.
The Government’s plan for this level stated that “professional, elite sports and inter-county Gaelic games, horse racing and greyhound racing” could continue behind closed doors. “
But the recommendation from NPHET was that only “senior intercountry” competitions should take place at the GAA competition and the GAA took until Wednesday afternoon to come out and confirm that only senior games will continue.
Mullins believes the GAA’s lack of clarity has added to the confusion counties are feeling, and he feels Croke Park has disappointed players.
Speaking on 2fm’s Game On, he said: “On Monday night we were training and we knew that if I went to Level 5, the Taniste said last week that the action between the counties might not take place. So I think it was the responsibility of the GAA than when it moved to Level 5 to clarify what the situation would be with Minors and Under-21s.
“I think it was very, very disappointing.
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“I think the GAA owes an apology to the young players for how they have been treated. The communication should not have been through the media. Some players this morning when they got up, that was the first time this was on the cards.
“GAA’s level of communication in making this decision has been very poor and I also think that stopping the competitions is not a very logical decision.
“I think for the players I am really disappointed, they are young players who have dedicated a lot of time since last year they were training for the Junior Championship.
“Then to come back, even though we would miss out on the free-for-all aspect of the Munster Minor Championship, which was brilliant last year. We were lucky to be successful, but even if you were unsuccessful, it meant the minor players. they played the games of the grown-ups.
“There was a lot of development and the minor thing is not just about winning competitions, it is about developing players.
“I feel really, really disappointed in the youth and the players. I think there is a sense of frustration from our point of view talking to other junior managers about the lack of communication or effective communication from the GAA.
“That is very disappointing for the young players involved.”
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