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GPA set to consult members over behind closed doors matches


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GPA members may be faced with the prospect of choosing to play matches behind closed doors if that's the only way a GAA Championship can proceed.

As things stand, there will be no inter-county activity at all until July at the earliest as the nation deals with the coronavirus pandemic.

The GAA will wait for Government advice before resuming activity, but the GPA are understood to have informed their members that there is the possibility of no hurling and football games happening in 2020.

The Irish Examiner report that the GAA is set to ask the Gaelic Players Association if their membership would be comfortable playing without crowds.

Social distancing measures make it highly unlikely that mass gatherings will be permitted before a vaccine is found.

If matches are allowed to resume, the GPA are believed to be in favour of a one month lead in time for inter-county players to prepare, with no club activity for relevant players.
Later today, the GAA will host a remote Special Congress where delegates are expected to rubber stamp a motion to allow a slimmed down Management Committee make executive decisions around the calendar.
The GAA has already indicated that the Super 8's in football and the round robin series in hurling are unlikely to see the light of day in 2020. The Association also favour any return to activity to begin with the club championships.

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