Teddy McCarthy believes that the demands placed on modern inter-county players have had a negative effect on the prevalence of dual performers.
New Laois hurling manager McCarthy was the last player to win All-Ireland football and hurling medals in the same year, which he did in 1990 with Cork.
He has blamed the GAA for making it extremely difficult for players to perform at Championship level in both codes.
“Croke Park has killed off the dual player with all the demands placed on the modern player,” he told The Irish Mail on Sunday. “There are so many games now, with all these back doors and side doors.
“It’s a crying shame that the dual player has gone, because it’s a great tradition within the Association, stretching back to Jack Lynch in the 1940s. And it is going to be the GAA fans who will lose out.
“Cork have Eoin Cadogan at the moment and there are few others, like Stephen Banville in Wexford, but it will be up to managers working together to facilitate these players because they are not going to any help from Croke Park.”