Gaelic Football - Rules & Regulations discussion/clarification

[The Boy Wonder]

Exhibit A. And Armagh18, good lad he seems to be, is not the only one!

I don't think too many would disagree that playing down the clock is an issue
- getting rid of the hooter addresses this issue.

Nor would many disagree with the assertion that long bouts of handpassing is a blight on the game
- getting rid of the arc and 2-pointers will partially address this issue.

Nobody is denying that some of the rule changes have brought improvements. e.g. tap and go.

The main gripes shared by very many are the hooter and the 2-pointers.

[gallsman]

Exhibit A. And Armagh18, good lad he seems to be, is not the only one!

I don't think too many would disagree that playing down the clock is an issue
- getting rid of the hooter addresses this issue.

Nor would many disagree with the assertion that long bouts of handpassing is a blight on the game
- getting rid of the arc and 2-pointers will partially address this issue.

Nobody is denying that some of the rule changes have brought improvements. e.g. tap and go.

The main gripes shared by very many are the hooter and the 2-pointers.

At which point the very same people will start whining about how the ref robbed them by failing to add 8 seconds of additional time that they felt entitled to. Or get outraged about a ref playing 8 seconds of additional time that their opponents absolutely, categorically 100% aren't entitled to.

[Armagh18]

Compromise on it could be keep last years hooter rule but ball must go dead either for a wide or a score. This years rule is brutal.

Apparently the Carlow players only found out they'd have a hooter in place for the league final on the Thursday before, bad work. 

[The Boy Wonder]

The above post from gallsman exposes the shallowness of the new rule zealots who cannot countenance any unintended negative consequences of the new rules. The issue of additional time would only occasionally have arisen in the past.

In contrast those who critique the new rules do so with the intention of highlighting the unintended consequences and they suggest improvements/compromises to address the issues, e.g. suggestion from Armagh18 to allow 2-pointers outside 45m.

Maybe the zealots might admit that the new rules can do with improvement and engage properly in the debate.