With sweeping rule changes implemented, Gaelic football enters a new era. This article explores the ten key questions that will shape the sport in the coming years, from the impact of the new rules to the evolving tactics and managerial approaches.
Declan Bogue WE WON’T TELL a lie, there have been winters in the past when GAA correspondents could have created more cliffhangers and drama than the entire industry of Alan Bennett wanabees.
You get the drift. Close-seasons flew by while we were having our fun. But this Gaelic football close-season was chock full of managerial beheadings and the usual intense naval-gazing about the sport, only this time coupled with actual action by Jim Gavin and his Football Review Committee.*****There’s no going back. The new rules will give us a very different game/product/sport. And what that might look like will take a while to emerge.
That may be to do with tender hamstrings, but either way, it’s something they have been toying with over the last couple of months.The reasoning of the Gaelic Player’s Association that the pre-season competitions were scrapped due to player welfare concerns are downright hilarious for many, many reasons – not least because some of their members have been training away collectively since well before the permitted time frame.
Small problem. Coldrick was already down to referee the New York-Leitrim game in the Connacht championship. His flights and accommodation had already been paid. So they sent him on anyway!Last season, things were even trickier. In mid-February, 16 National League matches were officiated by 12 referees who had failed fitness tests a month before.
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