On Friday evening, the GAA’s Football Review Committee meet to consider their next move in the process of overhauling Gaelic football.

Sports psychologists make clear that there are techniques that help athletes recover from setbacks, but to present success in overcoming outrageous misfortune as a triumph of resilience is grossly simplistic.

Denis Law had a deep loyalty to Scotland. He may have lived and worked outside the country of his birth for all of his adult life, but there was no denying his Scottishness.

Two of the emperor Charlemagne’s grandsons – Louis the German and Charles the Bald – ruled rival kingdoms in ninth century Europe.

Sometimes hubris just gets exposed for what it is, however: the year since Jim Ratcliffe has taken over “the football operation” at Manchester United is a fine example of this.

When news of the Fenton retirement emerged, Murt took the day off work to mark the ending of an era and to herald maybe the dawn of a new one which in his glorious imagination would involve the Green and Red climbing the steps.

It’s not easy to be a kid now; they're mobile phone screens change an awful lot. It offers a portal to many different realities – good and bad – even in the space of a bus journey.

Why has the GAA decided to make this offer to RTÉ now and what does it mean?

The same people who will be lamenting the decisions of referees who apply this new sanction of the black card are most likely be the very ones who either coached tactical fouling or lamented the naivety of the team that didn’t foul and were exposed instead to the quick transition.

The game here has been marking a milestone anniversary.