TONY CONSIDINE: Forget sideline saga, the rumours, just bring on the action

There’s been a lot of talk for the last week or so about how many people are allowed on the sideline, a broadside from Kilkenny apparently upsetting GAA president Liam O’Neill.

Well, if I were Liam I wouldn’t be focusing my attention on how many people he allows through the gate onto the field, I’d be worried about how many people come through the turnstiles into the terraces and stands.

Attendances were well down last year and this is what should have been on the minds of the top brass in the GAA this week – what kind of incentives and packages they can offer to entice people to the games. Instead they’ve focused on sorting a problem that was never there in the first place.