Kieran Shannon: Don’t blame players or coaches for ‘boring’ Gaelic football. Blame the rules

In the past month, Dinny Allen, Kevin McStay, and Pat Spillane have publicly expressed their concern with how the sport they once played is trending

Dublin's Robbie McDaid with Diarmuid O’Connor of Mayo during the 2020 All-Ireland Hurling final. Picture: INPHO/Tommy Dickson

If it’s any consolation to Gaelic football, it’s not the only sport that has had people pondering how it is that while its players have never been better, the game itself probably is not.

In the past month as Dinny Allen, Kevin McStay, and Pat Spillane publicly expressed their concern with how the sport they once played is trending, several observers have been wondering something similar about Stateside sports, summarised in a podcast over the weekend by The Ringer’s Chris Ryan entitled: What’s wrong with the NBA?