Pat Spillane wasn't impressed by Donal Óg Cusack's criticism of Gaelic football during the recent debate about not enough hurling been shown on free-to-air TV.

Writing in his Sunday World column, Spillane claims the debate proves that hurling snobbery is alive and well, despite the sport "dying in many counties".

"The debate has seen the re-emergence of ‘the great Hurling Man’, or ‘Hurling Snob’ as I call him, who wants us to believe that hurling is the greatest field game ever invented," the Kerry football great stated.

"What’s worse is that the great Hurling Man (by the way I not talking about one individual, for there is a colony of them) belittles every other sport when arguing his case. This is nothing more than a cheap shot.

"The Hurling Man fraternity ought to focus on their own game, which is dying in many counties.

"Why not analyse why there are so many one-sided games in a supposedly graded championship? Instead, we were treated to snide remarks about the one-sided Munster and Connacht football finals.

"Of course, the outcomes were inevitable but the insults flung at GAA stalwarts in Clare and Sligo by fellow association members were way below the belt."

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