Letters to the Editor: Handpass rule could revive the game of football

A reader claims Gaelic football is becoming more like rugby league or basketball

Na Piarsaigh’s Jack Scanlon attempts to block Aghada’s Stephen Higgins’s handpass during the Bon Secours PIFC match in Cobh; allowing one handpass only per phase re-introduces football to the game of football. Picture: Howard Crowdy

The genesis of Gaelic football’s demise began two to three decades ago with certain teams monopolising the handpass and employing 15 players behind the ball in a structure more akin to rugby league.

Watching a team string 20 to 30 uncontested handpasses over and back across the field of play is of no value to anyone, particularly the paying public and a lot of them are voting with their feet.