While the Football Review Committee (FRC) have made some much needed rule changes in the GAA over the last 12 months or so, there is still some debate around a few of the laws they have implemented.
The hooter and 50-metre penalty for dissent have caused some controversy in recent months, with those two changes under the microscope after a few high profile incidents in both club and inter-county games.
The rules have certainly helped improve the spectacle on offer in Gaelic football, although some feel further alterations are still needed.
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Colm O’Rourke Suggests Intriguing GAA Rule Change
One issue that has bee widely discussed in GAA circles in recent years is the prevalence of hand-passing in Gaelic football, with some feeling that there is too much of it in the sport at the highest level. None of the new rules that have been implemented have directly tackled that problem.
Writing in the Irish Independent, Meath legend Colm O’Rourke suggested a new GAA rule that he feels could help cut out what he labels as a ‘plague’ within Gaelic football.
The plague of hand-passing has still not been addressed by the FRC. I can’t understand why a possible part-solution was not tried.
That was to not allow the ball to be played back across the half-way line. In that case, backs could push out quicker and know the ball would have to be kicked forward if everyone was marking tightly.
It is worth a try and would create extra excitement without a downside.
A GAA version of basketball’s backcourt violation is something that has been suggested on numerous occasions in the past, with the FRC having also discussed it as a potential option in the past.
It will be interesting to see if it is something that will be considered once again at some point in the near future.
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