MUNSTER GAA CEO, Kieran Leddy has welcomed a €1.4 million increase in coaching funding for 2023 from Croke Park.
Coaching funding will increase from €1.3 million for the six Munster counties to €2.7 million after the contentious games development model was altered.
Dublin CEO John Costello has criticised the move, which will see the capital down almost €450,000 in coaching funding.
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Cash has been diverted to counties across the country.
Elsewhere in his annual report, Leddy welcomed a €2.8m increase in profit across the Munster counties.
The whopping increase comes despite the spend on inter-county teams rising by €837,000 compared to the last pre-Covid year, 2019.
The figure for 2022 was just over €8.75 million.
This is explained by the general rise in costs across society last year and the fact two Munster sides made the All-Ireland finals - Kerry and Limerick.
“The topic of unsustainable team preparation costs has been with us for a long time now,” said Leddy.
“We must take into account what is involved nowadays in preparing teams, and we can see the results in terms of the fitness, agility and skill levels of players.
“It’ll be a brave county that becomes the first to start cutting training sessions, strength and conditioning etc.
“A few bad performances in that year will lead to calls for a total overhaul of the way that county is being managed!
"However, at some stage, the point will come when we cross the line of unsustainable time commitments for amateur players and unsustainable costs for County Boards. Many will say we have already crossed that line.”
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