Rule Changes

[Rossfan]

We had likewise instance with Mr Collins in the Connacht Final .
Ros had the ball but he stopped play as a man was down injured just shortly after the start of the 2nd half.
He restarted play with a throw in which Mayo won and went up field to score a point.
The rule  had changed April 2010   to give a free from which you can't score to the team that had possession when the Ref stops play.

Now whatever about difficulty in implementing  the rules or about interpretations .. surely the bloody ref should at least know the rules.
Especially the so called elite inter County ones and the top man getting the AI Final.
I see Mick Curley is in a paper today saying McQuillan did well on Sunday.

[Bearly on loose]

Every second kick should have to be a drop kick. Drop kicks are a dying art. Back when football was class in the 70's they were all at it, surely it would improve the game immeasurably.

lol...drop kicks are like russian roulette. I've seen some howlers over the years.

Most intercounty footballers can't kick a 30 yard pass accurately, nevermind drop kick it accurately.

Christ - it seems if I want everyone to get it, I have to come up with a way of making it even clearer when I'm being sarcastic. Now theres a challenge...

Kinda off the point here, but I think Gregory McCartan used to abide by that rule....that man thoroughly enjoyed a good drop kick!

[orangeman]

Rules committee want red card for racial and sectarian abuse offenders



Efforts to make on-field sectarian or racist remarks a red-card offence are back on the GAA's agenda. The Association's standing rules committee will propose that such remarks be governed in the playing rules or Part Two of the Official Guide.




As it stands, sectarian or racist remarks are primarily dealt with under the rule governing 'discrediting the Association' and can carry a two-month suspension. The new black card will also deal with aggressive remarks made to an opponent from January 1 onwards.

But the standing rules committee – containing such figures as Kilkenny hurling manager Brian Cody and Gaelic Players Association chairman Donal Og Cusack – is to put forward a motion to punish such offences by red card.

Sarsfields, the club of Wexford dual player Lee Chin, who has suffered racist abuse in the past, were disappointed when a similar motion was ruled out of order at Congress in March.

The Football Review Committee proposals were treated separately by Congress but the standing rules committee have the facility to propose playing rule changes every year as they see fit and this is one of three they hope will make the agenda next March.

The rules committee is also proposing to make any deliberate interference with a face-guard a red- card offence. Currently it only merits a yellow. They have also sought to outlaw what has become known as the 'Anthony Nash free'.

The Cork hurling goalkeeper mastered the art of lifting the ball from a 20-metre free with such height and trajectory that connection was not being made until he was almost at the 13-metre line.

With his ability to generate such ferocious power, it was considered dangerous to have defending players at such proximity.

Nash scored goals from 20-metre frees in both the drawn and replayed All-Ireland finals but under the proposed rule change, free-takers will have to ensure that the strike of a ball after the lift takes place at least 20 metres from defending players.

[PAULD123]

...but under the proposed rule change, free-takers will have to ensure that the strike of a ball after the lift takes place at least 20 metres from defending players.

I think that sounds fair enough. it is a 20m free so that is where the ball should start from when re-entering play. On the other hand if lads stood 13m from the ball and were allowed to charge the second the ball is touched by the free-taker (i.e. the lift) then they would be on top of him before he got a decent strike in.

Which option would the hurlers on here prefer?

[blanketattack]

For the hurling one they should simply state that the ball can't be struck any further in from where the free has been given. Most hurlers will naturally move the ball forward as part of their lift and strike motion, so they'll have to move the ball back similar to the way a footballer taking a free off his hands moves back.

[5 Sams]

Every second kick should have to be a drop kick. Drop kicks are a dying art. Back when football was class in the 70's they were all at it, surely it would improve the game immeasurably.

lol...drop kicks are like russian roulette. I've seen some howlers over the years.

Most intercounty footballers can't kick a 30 yard pass accurately, nevermind drop kick it accurately.

Christ - it seems if I want everyone to get it, I have to come up with a way of making it even clearer when I'm being sarcastic. Now theres a challenge...

Kinda off the point here, but I think Gregory McCartan used to abide by that rule....that man thoroughly enjoyed a good drop kick!

Shorty Treanor as well.