Jim Gavin and his committee’s re-imagining of Gaelic football is not without its’ loopholes.
Declan Bogue AT THE VERY end of Saturday’s Congress, a selection of the members of the Football Review Committee – minus Michael Murphy and Malachy O’Rourke who have since stepped down after resuming active service – were invited by GAA President Jarlath Burns to take a warm round of applause.
Rather that, though, than having to sit for hours reviewing videotape of the last decade of footballing scutter. So far, so Gavin. It felt like an early goal from Con O’Callaghan sucking a little life out of the opposition. Advertisement But let’s grab a hold of our Virtual Reality headsets and enter the room on Saturday for Special Congress. Let’s take hold of a microphone and give it the old 1-2, 1-2 and a thump for good measure, before clearing our throats lined with Condor plug pipe tobacco and painting this picture.Tyrone are leading by two points and there are three minutes left on the clock.
If you cannot be tackled from behind anymore, then the game loses something of the 360 degree element, being played with 180 degree vision.At Congress, the presentation was of the kind designed to win arguments. It included Roscommon’s incredible six-minute spell of keep ball against Dublin in the summer of 2023.
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