Amid the recent furore over manager payments, All-Ireland winning Dublin manager Pat Gilroy has declared that he would not quit his day job to solely manage the Dubs.
Gilroy, who led the capital county to their first Sam Maguire in 16 years when they defeated Kerry last September, is managing director of facility management company Dalkia - a company that employs over 500 employees.
The issue of managerial payments will again be discussed by key GAA figures this weekend and, while he insists that his career away from the GAA field must take priority, Gilroy says that he does support the idea of directors of football being rewarded for their expenses and their efforts.
"If someone said 'you've to give up your job to do football', I wouldn't put my hat in the ring for it,” Gilroy said in Friday’s Irish Independent.
“My career is important to me. This (football) is my pastime and what I enjoy doing. If it was my job, it wouldn't seem the same for me.
"It is a massive amount of time and commitment but I really enjoy it and the way it works for me is fine. I could totally understand guys in different counties thinking differently - we don't have big distances to travel in Dublin - but personally the whole thing suits me as it is.
"I think it would be healthy to have a very open debate about it because it seems to be a thing that is talked about in dark corners. It's probably not as big as people think.
"You hear all sorts of stories and I think amounts of money (allegedly paid to managers) are exaggerated because it is in dark corners, so it would be really healthy to have it debated.
"If a county wanted to have a manager and he was doing more than just the team and was providing a structure for coaching or whatever during his term, it clearly makes some sense to pay for that.
"I know John Evans in Tipp was talking of that, I can't see any issue with someone doing that.”