Brian Cody is not in favour of inter-county managers being paid as he fears it would lead to calls for the sport to be professionalised.
There have been calls for managers and players to be rewarded financially for their commitment to the sport with some reportedly receiving under the table payments.
The GAA are keen to resolve the issue sooner rather than later but Cody is one manager who is not of favour of the payments.
"No way should managers be paid at all. In the GAA? Absolutely not. It would be a disaster," Cody declared.
"A few years ago we had big discussions about players being paid. The GPA tested the waters and it was looked upon as a massive threat to the association. The people who were hoping for it to happen realised and accept now that it just can’t happen. That it’s impossible to have professionalism in our association. It couldn’t be sustained.
"For whatever reason now, and I don’t understand it, suddenly (the GAA’s director-general, Páraic Duffy is) talking about paying managers as if this is the correct way to do the thing. If that were to happen, all that would happen is it would resurrect again the potential for players and everyone else being paid."
Cody is one of the most successful inter-county managers in the history of the sport and he has rubbished suggestions that players and managers are making sacrifices.
"I choose to do this. It’s not a sacrifice. It’s a choice I made. It’s not even remotely a sacrifice. It’s the same with players. I read often about the savage commitment and sacrifices inter-county players make. They feel sorry for them," Cody told RTE.
"I don’t feel sorry for inter-county players. I envy inter-county players. Because I know in Kilkenny, they’re beating down the door to get into the dressing room. They would crawl to training if they thought they could get onto the county panel.
"No way should we be paid."