Tyrone manager Mickey Harte admits that the GAA could stop playing Amhrán na bhFiann and flying the tricolour at games in the future.
GAA president Aogán Ó Fearghail said last month that “if there are new agreements and new arrangements we’d be open-minded about things like flags and anthems but not in advance of agreements”.
He later added that “flags and anthems are a very precious part of our culture and games”.
Harte told the BBC: “There was a time in the 70s when you weren't allowed to play, in inverted commas, foreign games and play in the GAA, so that changed.
“And then there was a time when Croke Park wasn't open to other sport, there were times when the police force from this part of the world were not allowed to play.
“So these things changed over time, but they have to change when the time is right.
“People will know if it's the right thing to do and if it's not the right thing to do for the greater good, then it won't happen - so we have to wait and see and let time take care of that.”
The Tyrone boss continued: “The status quo that exists at the moment, it's very dear to many people not because it's anti anybody else, it's just in their culture.
“And, I suppose, you don't want to be moving things always to create some kind of special clone, we have to let people be as they are as long as they are not disrespectful of others.
“We don't want to take anything away from anybody. But if the time's right and people felt there was some movement could happen in that that direction, then I think it will.”
