Moving forward without having to drag up the past
The Football Review Committee seriously thought about it and there would have been some merit to it, but ultimately some things and such things are either difficult or impossible to legislate for.
At times too the problem can be exaggerated. Crossmaglen Rangers and Dr Crokes in recent weeks have either claimed or been claimed to be the saviours of the lost art of foot-passing in football but they’re hardly the outliers they’re been hyped up to be. Ballymun Kickhams, likewise, pride themselves on their kicking game. At intercounty level Kerry have largely been an excellent kick-passing team for a decade. This year’s All-Ireland semi-finalists Mayo feature wing and corner-backs who are far superior foot-passers of the ball than most All-Ireland-winning teams of the ’90s, while Dublin’s 2011 All-Ireland quarter-final demolition of Tyrone was an exhibition of how to move the ball by foot. Most of the top teams express themselves and transport themselves by kicking the thing. That won’t be lost on everyone else for too long.
