Former Wexford camogie star Ursula Jacob has voiced her support for closer co-operation between the GAA, the Camogie Association and the Ladies Gaelic Football Association.
"I would like to see the Camogie Association and the LGFA merge with the GAA because if we are all under the one umbrella, everything will work that little bit better," Jacob said on Off The Ball as part of our Horse Racing Ireland special, 'Back on Track – Lessons from a Sporting Life'.
"We saw back in December that the GPA and the WGPA merged together and I think that was a positive move for inter-county players because now they are all seen as a joint group rather than two separate organisations.
"Even just this week, we saw Minister Jack Chambers announce that male and female inter-county players are going to receive the same funding going forward, so all of these things are really important."
The four-time All-Ireland champion also touched on how she hopes to see a continuation of much of the positive progress that women's sport has made recently.
"Last year during the lockdown, all of the inter-county senior games were streamed," Jacob explained.
"I would like to see that continued this year because at the moment there is not going to be any spectators at the games, so it's important that we still get that visibility and we get to see these players playing.
"Even at club level last year, there was so much live streaming of games and that was so important as well because GAA clubs are at the heart of communities.
"I think it will drive the game further along because camogie and ladies football have to push through to stay relevant as there are so many options now for young girls.
"They see role models like the Katie Taylors, like the Rachael Blackmores, like the Nicci Dalys but you want to keep them involved in the GAA. You want them to excel at their level and that has to start at the grassroots at club level and then progress to inter-county."
'Back on Track – Lessons from a Sporting Life' with Kate Harrington, Sene Naoupu, Ursula Jacob and Nicci Daly! Supporting the Breast Cancer Ireland race day at Leopardstown this Friday. Please donate what you can to breastcancerireland.ie/donate
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