Matt Shaw is one of the lawyers who helped to devise congress proposals to ramp up ineffectual penalties
Speaking to The Irish Times earlier this week, Shaw outlined the genesis of the motions listed for debate as well the thinking behind them. Contrary to what many people might reasonably think, the proposals were not prompted by the disgraceful scenes at club matches last autumn but by a general concern for match officials.“Uachtarán Larry McCarthy wanted us to take a look at anything that might improve discipline.
He refers to a couple of proposals and their intended effect. It has been well established that public cultures of misbehaviour are best confronted by escalating penalties to the point where miscreants are forced to question their actions.“Firstly, for a team official, mentor or supporter misbehaving at an under-age game, the minimum penalty will be twice the applicable penalty at adult level. We’re trying to change the culture at those age groups by making it twice as serious a matter.
Another of the measures he emphasises is penalising vexatious challenges to proposed suspensions. As he points out, there is no incentive for a player to accept the penalty proposed by the match committee on foot of a referee’s report. “If you look at penalty points for motoring offences,” says Shaw, “you can accept or reject that but if you take it to court and don’t succeed, your penalty points are doubled. That’s what we’re doing – introducing an element of jeopardy to all applications for hearings.”
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