Gaelic Football - Rules & Regulations discussion/clarification

[EoinW]

Personally I like championship games being played exclusively on the weekend.  Leaves me weekdays to focus on other things.  Plus it's unique in the 24/7 world we now live in.  Reminds me of how sporting events were originally scheduled, with all games played on Saturdays or holidays - certainly not Sundays! - with some communities having Wednesday afternoon games because it was a Half Day.

Don't mind me.  I'm just being nostalgic.

Think there's definitely a case to be made for them given the condensed championship now to give people a chance to see more games, theres so many games on now it's obviously hard to follow everything. 

Good point!  My situation is unique, I don't have to watch them live, therefore I don't miss any televised games.  Plus I can avoid hearing any results by simply staying away from GAA internet sources.

For the fans who attend games, it is a worthy consideration to spread them out.

[Milltown Row2]

Its down to how a team prepares, a manager will want the nutrition right on the day and the prep of whats required, physios, team chat with regards to the tactics employed in case there has been a late change in the other teams selection, late fitness tests, meeting early and heading to the match together in plenty of time, avoiding traffic and having a stress free time to think about the game.

As a manager I'd hate to be thinking for the logistics of that for a Friday or Wed evening game. I'd be surprised to hear one intercounty manager be in favour of that

[Armagh18]

Its down to how a team prepares, a manager will want the nutrition right on the day and the prep of whats required, physios, team chat with regards to the tactics employed in case there has been a late change in the other teams selection, late fitness tests, meeting early and heading to the match together in plenty of time, avoiding traffic and having a stress free time to think about the game.

As a manager I'd hate to be thinking for the logistics of that for a Friday or Wed evening game. I'd be surprised to hear one intercounty manager be in favour of that

Didn't Oisin McConville float the idea on their podcast?

[Milltown Row2]

Its down to how a team prepares, a manager will want the nutrition right on the day and the prep of whats required, physios, team chat with regards to the tactics employed in case there has been a late change in the other teams selection, late fitness tests, meeting early and heading to the match together in plenty of time, avoiding traffic and having a stress free time to think about the game.

As a manager I'd hate to be thinking for the logistics of that for a Friday or Wed evening game. I'd be surprised to hear one intercounty manager be in favour of that

Didn't Oisin McConville float the idea on their podcast?

Thats why he's div 4 

[thewobbler]

Its down to how a team prepares, a manager will want the nutrition right on the day and the prep of whats required, physios, team chat with regards to the tactics employed in case there has been a late change in the other teams selection, late fitness tests, meeting early and heading to the match together in plenty of time, avoiding traffic and having a stress free time to think about the game.

As a manager I'd hate to be thinking for the logistics of that for a Friday or Wed evening game. I'd be surprised to hear one intercounty manager be in favour of that

All valid points but I daresay a local game on a Friday evening at 7.30 would present less of a challenge than lunchtime fixture on a Saturday, in a far flung part of Ireland.

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Down have been playing their club SFC games on Thursday and Monday (as well as Friday) evenings since way back in the day. Often with a week or less of notice. Often involving an hour of a drive for competing teams.

It's not intercounty football, but it matters.

And you know what, we all just get on with it. People adapt quickly when they've no choice in the matter.

[johnnycool]

Its down to how a team prepares, a manager will want the nutrition right on the day and the prep of whats required, physios, team chat with regards to the tactics employed in case there has been a late change in the other teams selection, late fitness tests, meeting early and heading to the match together in plenty of time, avoiding traffic and having a stress free time to think about the game.

As a manager I'd hate to be thinking for the logistics of that for a Friday or Wed evening game. I'd be surprised to hear one intercounty manager be in favour of that

So are there no builders as intercounty players anymore or anyone with a manual labour job?

[Milltown Row2]

Its down to how a team prepares, a manager will want the nutrition right on the day and the prep of whats required, physios, team chat with regards to the tactics employed in case there has been a late change in the other teams selection, late fitness tests, meeting early and heading to the match together in plenty of time, avoiding traffic and having a stress free time to think about the game.

As a manager I'd hate to be thinking for the logistics of that for a Friday or Wed evening game. I'd be surprised to hear one intercounty manager be in favour of that

So are there no builders as intercounty players anymore or anyone with a manual labour job?

Obviously none in Tyrone or Armagh if they are looking to play at 7.30

And will someone please think about the poor ref having to head somewhere and not get home till god knows what hour!

[Main Street]

In today's game Mon v Derry the ref Noel Mooney acknowledged the end of game hooter and called for the ball.
Is that not it?  that he can't undo that decision? is there a precedent where a ref blew the whistle to end the game, then whilst walking off the pitch decided to undo that decision  and restart the game from the end point?

[Armagh18]

Its down to how a team prepares, a manager will want the nutrition right on the day and the prep of whats required, physios, team chat with regards to the tactics employed in case there has been a late change in the other teams selection, late fitness tests, meeting early and heading to the match together in plenty of time, avoiding traffic and having a stress free time to think about the game.

As a manager I'd hate to be thinking for the logistics of that for a Friday or Wed evening game. I'd be surprised to hear one intercounty manager be in favour of that

So are there no builders as intercounty players anymore or anyone with a manual labour job?

Obviously none in Tyrone or Armagh if they are looking to play at 7.30

And will someone please think about the poor ref having to head somewhere and not get home till god knows what hour!

Few if any tradesmen work much past 1 or 2 on a Friday surely?

As for intercounty builders, wouldn't say theres too many, Rian was sparking but obviously not with the panel now, the 2 Mackins were shuttering think Ciaran has an office job now.

Good few would be teachers/few pt's/Murnin is an accountant and Paddy Burns does Actuary 

[David McKeown]

In today's game Mon v Derry the ref Noel Mooney acknowledged the end of game hooter and called for the ball.
Is that not it?  that he can't undo that decision? is there a precedent where a ref blew the whistle to end the game, then whilst walking off the pitch decided to undo that decision  and restart the game from the end point?

Yeah I can't find a rule to cover it but was there not a famous hurling match in the 90's when the players staged a sit in until a match was restarted because it had blown up early or am i misremembering that?

[Main Street]

In today's game Mon v Derry the ref Noel Mooney acknowledged the end of game hooter and called for the ball.
Is that not it?  that he can't undo that decision? is there a precedent where a ref blew the whistle to end the game, then whilst walking off the pitch decided to undo that decision  and restart the game from the end point?

Yeah I can't find a rule to cover it but was there not a famous hurling match in the 90's when the players staged a sit in until a match was restarted because it had blown up early or am i misremembering that?

Offhand I think that hurling game was replayed

[David McKeown]

In today's game Mon v Derry the ref Noel Mooney acknowledged the end of game hooter and called for the ball.
Is that not it?  that he can't undo that decision? is there a precedent where a ref blew the whistle to end the game, then whilst walking off the pitch decided to undo that decision  and restart the game from the end point?

Yeah I can't find a rule to cover it but was there not a famous hurling match in the 90's when the players staged a sit in until a match was restarted because it had blown up early or am i misremembering that?

Offhand I think that hurling game was replayed

You could very well be correct I remember one being replayed but I thought there was a second one but it would have been nearly 30 years ago so im not stating that for certain

[AustinPowers]

In today's game Mon v Derry the ref Noel Mooney acknowledged the end of game hooter and called for the ball.
Is that not it?  that he can't undo that decision? is there a precedent where a ref blew the whistle to end the game, then whilst walking off the pitch decided to undo that decision  and restart the game from the end point?

Yeah I can't find a rule to cover it but was there not a famous hurling match in the 90's when the players staged a sit in until a match was restarted because it had blown up early or am i misremembering that?

Offhand I think that hurling game was replayed

Yeah Offaly fans sat on the pitch to protest. Game wrongly ended 2 minutes early. Offaly got their replay and  won it, then won  the All Ireland as well

Goes to show  you can  get things done by sitting on your ass

[Armagh4sam2024]

Beggan said refs sister was getting the message unless he restarted the match apparently 😕

[onefineday]

Once again the ridiculous hooter proves to be a source of confusion. In what way does this improve the game in any fashion??
What worked better, the club championship model which has been employed for as long as I remember where the referee is in charge of time or this hybrid system where the referee and some technology in the stadium work together to provide complete transparency to all both within the stadium and watching on TV as to exactly how long is left?
Except of course that the tech doesn't work very well, and it's still arbitrary as it depends on when the ref feels the clock should be stopped and there is often misalignment between the ref version and the stadium version which leads to confusion. Prime examples were the endings of both normal and extra time in today's game.

Can we just please stop this awful experiment. At worst revert to last year's version, but preferably just go back to the old system.