Kieran McGeeney says GAA players shouldn't be considered elite athletes because they train a few times a week.

Speaking to the Irish Examiner, the Armagh manager said he believes that a hectic fixtures schedule has more to do with player burn-out rather than the hours they put in training.

"I still can't see where GAA players train that hard, despite what people may say. Any other sport trains much harder," McGeeney stated. 

"If you look at a rower, a swimmer, a cyclist in this country. We are all competing at an amateur level.

"But it's better not to kid ourselves we are at the elite end of sport. I've done most of the training and I've seen other players do most of the training and you train twice a week - Tuesdays and Thursdays - and you have two gym sessions.

"Most people who have any keep-fit regime do that. You can't say you are elite if you do two or three nights a week at something."

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