Whatever happens, the sport cannot go back to the awful spectacle it became.
Declan Bogue IT WAS CHRISSY MCKAIGUE who stood up on day two of the National League and let us have it.
McKaigue might have been an early adapter. In his mind, the new rules are anti-coaching. An example he used is the lack of a short kickout and the puzzle thereafter of breaking through a high press from the opposition. There are some that will lead conversations, steering them around to arrive at a destination of their choosing.
At the very start, the GAA-watching population were so beaten down by a game that had become so formulaic that they were willing to accept anything, no matter how radical, to get away from the fact that Gaelic football had become as engaging as watching two strangers play Connect Four. With no drink.
The penalty for some offences are extreme, especially around the aforementioned 20-second kickout rule where the opposition gets a tap-over free. Among that number are current county players, retired county players, former and current county managers, club managers and coaches, and the average punter who goes along to matches.
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