John Fogarty: Answer to football's ills may lie off the field
The GAA could do, has done, worse than embrace bonus points. Twenty years in existence in the Rugby World Cup, it has decided finishing places on two occasions
WORTH A TRY: Pearse Lillis of Clare beats Meath goalkeeper Harry Hogan to the ball to score a goal. A bonus point could see more attack-minded games and greatly enhance the excitement of a season. Pic: Seb Daly/Sportsfile
It’s only when you crunch the numbers that you truly realise just how much Gaelic games have become league sports.
The knockout provincial competitions may remain but they have become crowded out in the grand scheme of the football year. They comprise a paltry 13% of the season and less than 30% of the total championship matches.
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