The GAA have reiterated to units their rules around Go Games, the policy that stipulates no competitions for children at Under-12 level and below.
Go Games encourage inclusivity through no score-keeping, rolling subs, no cups and no medals, but blitzes are regularly organised with a competitive element.
Séamus Kenny, national participation and programmes manager with the GAA said it was a relaunch of a policy there since 2010 but it was about "equal opportunity". He said that the idea was that everyone gets to play a game in a fun and safe environment.
He told RTÉ Radio 1's News at One that it's not competitive by nature in terms of medals and trophies but children can be competitive themselves.
He said it was about trying to remove over-eagerness and pressures from outside interests that may be being applied
"We want as many kids as possibly playing our games. The Go Games is a huge programme we run and it has been a very positive one".
"We want our kids involved in sport, there's huge developmental opportunities within the game, the kids develop physically and emotionally, it’s a development pathway and those initial pathways of taking part give opportunities later in their career and that’s what we want, to be involved in these games as long as possible".
The Irish News revealed this week that the GAA had contacted clubs to reiterate the sanctions around breaking Go Games rules, which cover all U12 activity organised by club, schools or county.
Blitzes may still be run, but only if permission is sought from the games development manager and there is "no provision made to publish scores, to play on a knockout basis nor to include semi-finals, finals or to present trophies, cups etc".
Go Games were developed to ensure that all children get to participate at a young age and develop both skills and a love for the game, however many feel that learning to win and lose is an important part of a child's sporting development.
Others have argued that many children are attracted to sport for the competitive element and may switch away from GAA if it is purely participatory up to the age of 12.
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