Jarlath Burns has refused to rule out the prospect of ‘contracts’ for inter-county managers due to the full-time nature of the role.

The GAA president acknowledges that the role is now far more time-consuming that it was when the GAA last examined its amateur status in 1997.

"I think there will be a debate on whether we should put managers on contract. because it is nearly a full-time job, the amount of accountability is there. Even when you are winning there can be difficulty listening to criticism,” he said on RTÉ’s Sunday Sport programme.

"I have great sympathy for managers and I take my hat off to them. They don't do it for the money, they do it because they want to be part of something bigger."

When pressed further on the matter, Burns would only say: "That is a big philosophical question to answer. I don't have any executive power in the GAA.

"We all know for many, many years that generous expenses have been given to managers and I'm not going to comment on that and you don't comment on what you don't know.”

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