just sounds like another case of the GAA making up any rule at all to make a point. he was up for a suspension, obviously lied about what he did and got off. And then the GAA found out he lied so suspend him for 48 weeks? Fuck sake. They have only themselves to blame for lads appealing nonsense suspensions. Sure half the time anyone gets suspended it gets over turned even if there is no legitimate grounds for it to be over turned. Had this been a Diarmuid Connolly or Aidan O Shea appealing and getting off, they’d have let it lie. Nice and easy to make an example of some nobody from Antrim.
I’ve always maintained that if you appeal and get off, thats fine. But if you appeal and dont get it over turned, it increases. That would stop all the spurious appeals. There is no disincentive at all now not to appeal. You have nothing to lose by appealing even if you are 100% guilty.
(4) Any Member found by the Hearings Committee
to have given deliberately false evidence, whether
orally or in writing, or to have deliberately misled
any Hearing, shall be suspended for a minimum
of 48 weeks, without a further Hearing.
no, I mean in the greater scheme of things, how often has that rule ever been used. Are you saying there has never been an appeal ever where the player mislead or gave false evidence? I was going to make a smart comment about your own club, but sure there isnt a club anywhere who has had a player who has either colluded with their opponent to help get them off or made up some story to get out of a suspension.
Yeah I agree that, in the past, what you say is true. The rules were not applied by the letter of the law. However, the GAA have shown so far this year is that they’re going to be applying the rules strictly in all cases from now on.
We have the examples of McGeeney, Forde, Fitzgerald and now this one to go one. They seem to have learned from the idiocy following the McCann dive when they tried to hit him with a suspension that has no basis in the rule book. Also they’re probably trying to tighten things up so that there are less appeals being successful when brought before the DRA.
Players and official need to watch themselves very carefully from now on.
no, players during the league and then shitty counties in the championship need to watch themselves. The GAA dont have the balls to do something like the above to a top name player come championship. They will just fold over like they always do. All mouth and no substance. I’ll stand corrected if it comes to pass, but for all their talk, the big teams still get a pass in matters like this.
We’ll see but I don’t remember the GAA being as strict with the rules like this ever before.
They may have reacted to media coverage in the case of Forde and Fitzgerald but even then they were solid in the the case that was formed and the suspension applied.
Even then though, I dont think they were. They had Forde up for striking an official of the opposing team, yet when he got his appeal he was given a suspension for contributing to a melee. That in itself was spurious shit. Who defines a melee? And does that mean in future that all players involved in a bit of pushing and shoving will get one game suspensions?
I do agree though that it was more a media coverage reaction than actually conforming to their rules
typical GAA shit. Try make an example out of a player, make a complete balls of it and have to go back on it and look foolish in all aspects of the disciplinary process. as per their own rule they implemented on this, there is a clause saying no further hearings can take place. Should never have happened in the first place. The whole set up of the disciplinary body needs to change though. player might get to play a further game because there wont be a meeting or a hearing meeting before his next game. utter stupidity.
Christ, they acted perfectly well within the rules as they’re set down, even if it is harsh, and show no spine at all in the face of media hysteria.
Davy should have appealed at this rate.
Who sits on these bodies? Is it just Central Council members or what? It’s about time they just commission in independent legal heads to apply the punishments as set down in the rules. The decision could then be explained in a proper statement and the reasoning would be what is used to appeal the decision.
There have been so many farcical GAA disciplinary episodes but none of the top brass seem too fussed about it so these incidents will keep reoccurring.
Rule book should be torn up and start again. So many loopholes and appeals. Even the way these suspensions are announced is embarrassing. It’s up to nosey journalists to announce who has been suspended and for what. Total lack of clarity and professionalism in how disciplinary matters are handled.
John Mullane was an absolute mug to accept his suspension and do the honourable thing.
Like I said in a previous post they need to replace the current guise of the CCCCDC or whatever it’s called with a Disciplinary body made up of legal people who look at the case in question and what exact rules have been breached. Then they can apply the suspension and release the reasoning behind it. That should stop appeals to the DRA and mouthpieces like Brolly spouting off on Twitter - that last point is possibly too much to hope for.
At the end of the day this clown has gotten away with lying to a disciplinary board, there’s nothing to act as a deterrent from another prick doing the same.
Mayo’s Fergal Boland will make his Championship debut in Sunday’s Connacht SFC Semi-Final against Sligo at Elverys MacHale Park.
Stephen Rochford makes five changes to the team which started the 2016 All Ireland SFC replay loss against Dublin.
David Clarke, Chris Barrett, Ger Cafferkey, Fergal Boland, and Conor O’Shea replace Robbie Hennelly, Brendan Harrison, Donal Vaughan, Aidan O’Shea, and Jason Doherty.
MAYO: David Clarke; Chris Barrett, Ger Cafferkey, Keith Higgins; Colm Boyle, Lee Keegan, Paddy Durcan; Seamus O’Shea, Tom Parsons; Fergal Boland, Diarmuid O’Connor, Conor O’Shea; Kevin McLoughlin, Cillian O’Connor, Andy Moran.