What Sean Hurson did at half-time the other day, that should have been implemented at the start of the game.<\/p>\n
McConville, who manages Wicklow in Division 4, explained that sideline restrictions are enforced far more strictly lower down the Gaelic football pyramid.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s consistently implemented in Division 4.<\/p>\n
It gets a wee bit more loose in Division 3.<\/p>\n
Gets even looser in Division 2, and it\u2019s carte blanche in Division 1.<\/p>\n
\n Recommended\n <\/p>\n
<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n The former Armagh star pointed out that current directives only allow one person, the manager, to stand on the sideline during games.<\/p>\n However, he feels those rules are routinely ignored in high-profile senior matches.<\/p>\n The amount of people that stand on the sideline.<\/p>\n So it\u2019s one person on the sideline. So that is the directive for all teams.<\/p>\n McConville revealed that Wicklow\u2019s management are regularly moved back into the dugout by officials whenever they stray outside designated areas.<\/p>\n Whenever we line up for a game, Gary Duffy, who\u2019s the assistant manager with me in Wicklow, he\u2019ll stand beside me.<\/p>\n Next thing, the fourth official will put him back into the dugout.<\/p>\n By contrast, he said top-tier games regularly feature packed sidelines without intervention.<\/p>\n I switch on The Sunday Game and I see Division One teams with four and five and sometimes six absolutely loaded on the sideline, and there\u2019s no consistency in that.<\/p>\n McConville also referenced the GAA\u2019s successful crackdown on half-time tunnel incidents in recent years, saying similar consistency is now needed regarding sideline behaviour.<\/p>\n Word is there was 45 or 50 people on the pitch at half-time. That shouldn\u2019t happen.<\/p>\n That should be something that is a follow-up to all of this stuff.<\/p>\n Whether there will be any further fallout from Kerry-Donegal remains to be seen, but for Ois\u00edn McConville the solution is not introducing new rules, it is properly enforcing the ones that already exist.<\/p>\n SEE ALSO: Mike Quirke Warns GAA Precedent Could Become Big Issue For Jim McGuinness<\/a><\/p>\n
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