No self respecting disciplinary system can involve a player on the receiving end of a belt determining the outcome.
A player wonât want to be seen to get a fellow amateur suspended so wonât rock the boat. Thereâd be zero suspensions. Ever. Especially in a country as small as Ireland where the GAA community is even smaller again.
The rule book needs to be torn up and rewritten. Start from scratch. Cover every eventuality.
As honourable as it was at the time Mullane and Waterford were mugs to accept that suspension in 2004.
I hope Hurling supporters, and in particular Clare supporters, will be as balanced and relaxed about how the game is reffed going forward. Iâve seen a huge change in their outlook in the past week or so
Sure we all know nobody gets suspended in the GAA.
The charade is the point.
What should happen is that disciplinary hearings should operate on a school detention format, running through the night the night before a match to deprive players of sleep.
Thatâs sort of what happened to Dermo in 2015. They brought him back three nights running before inevitably letting him play in the replay against Mayo.
Well they were indignant at every little tap below in Ennis. Iâve never seen anything like it, it was a bit embarrassing to be honest, but shur.
The litmus test will be when Will Donaghue does his best Ultimate Warrior impression and absolutely fuckin cakes some poor Cork/Galway/Wexford cunt into the Lower Hogan in the Semi Final and beats his chest in satisfaction, knowing that itâs now hunting season
Think Jack McCaffrey had a vomiting bug the night before the All-Ireland final in 2015 and ended man of the match the following day which almost defies logic. Tommy Walsh told a story on Laochra Gael about not sleeping a wink before an all-Ireland final one of the years with Kilkenny but still produced the goods. Didnât turn out as productive for David Brady and John Casey of Mayo in 1997 when they couldnât sleep at all in some sort of monastery.
The player doesnât determine the outcome, his team have the ability to raise an incident for review. Before they do they may well consult with the player informally before doing so but players and teams know what is acceptable in a given day and not.
Again the point of this is that it unprovoked striking or very dangerous play would be called out and caught. But a lot of the handbags and tit for tat stuff which by the letter of the law could be reds if interpreted in a certain way on video review donât go any further.
Supposedly the county board used a meejum to channel phelim and stroke fahy in order to get stamp fahy off the hook. we fought them in ardrahan and curlews pass!
The two Clare lads were absolutely right to get off because it was two incidents brought to light entirely and only by TSG, which wasnât fair.
Cianan on the other hand was evident on live TV coverage. Heâs a very lucky boy.
If a team has the opportunity to raise an incident for review then that opens up the possibility of a whole world of shithousery. Cite key men for the opposition, even if itâs a nothing incident. They cited our player last year, letâs respond in kind now. It wouldnât be practical for a myriad of reasons.
An independent overseeing body is the only way to enforce discipline.
Unprovoked striking or dangerous play can and is already subject to review and sanction under the current rules. Itâs just there are so many loopholes it makes a mockery of it.
A water tight disciplinary system to prevent acts of foul play going unpunished is whatâs needed. Would be easy to implement but the GAA for some reason are reluctant to tighten things up, so acts of foul play like striking with the hurley go without sanction.
