Legislators need to take action as Gaelic football being stifled to death

A few weeks ago I got talking to a manager of a county football team. His team had made good progress playing a fine attacking style of football but in recent games had come unstuck against extreme massed defences, writes Kieran Shannon.

The quandary had him not so much wrecking his head trying to work out how to overcome it as have him wrestle with his conscience.

The day before we spoke his team had found that almost every time they tried to come out with the ball they were invariably fouled in their own half, the stoppage allowing the offenders time to file back and set up their massed defence.