Former Dublin football and hurling manager Pat Gilroy has resigned from the Croke Park Management Committee over concerns that the GAA is moving away from its amateur ethos.

The 2011 All-Ireland SFC winning manager has also walked away from the GAA's Audit & Risk Committee after GAA president Jarlath Burns recently raised the prospect of 'contracts' for inter-county managers due to the full-time nature of the role.

“In the last three or four months, the GAA has been going down a path that I don't think is compatible with what the organisation should be," the current St Vincent's senior hurling boss told the Irish Daily Mirror.

“The things that are concerning me is this talk of paying managers, and the use of Croke Park. I'm all for helping the likes of the rugby when they're in trouble.

"The idea of a blanket payment to managers, the idea of a paid Dublin manager standing in front of players who aren't being paid. I can't get my head around it.

“I can't be part of the board of Croke Park which, ultimately, will need to make more money to fund this, because we don't have TV rights that will pay for a professional sport.”

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