A senior Connacht GAA official has expressed concern that the option of paying Intercounty managers – currently under consideration – will lead to “pay-for-play”.

In his annual report to the Connacht convention, provincial secretary John Prenty comments on the discussion document on payments to intercounty managers, drawn up by the GAA Director General Paraic Duffy which outlines three options.

Mr Duffy has suggested allowing certain payments to managers , as a way to end the black market that has long-existed, but John Prenty warns that this would lead to pay-for-play.

In his report, Mr Prenty has also hit out at those who continue to flout GAA rules on the winter training ban, and he has warned that county boards must cut the cost of preparing teams, or face financial ruin.