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

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.

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