Diarmuid Connolly call harms game’s integrity

The sanction was opposed on technical issues, with the substantive matter left to one side. 

The judicial process itself has now come under fire, rather than the performance of those officials tasked with enforcement of the sport’s governing protocols. With one of the biggest games of the year looming, there was both a sense of desperation about the appeals process and an odd sense of dissatisfaction with the final outcome.

Dublin’s Diarmuid Connolly and his one-game suspension picked up against Mayo yesterday week or the New England Patriots’ Tom Brady and his appeal against the NFL’s suspension forcing him out of a season opener?