Science at hand to fix GAA schedules

It took me a while but I caught up last week with Michael MacCambridge’s America’s Game: The Epic Story of How Pro Football Captured a Nation.

Science at hand to fix GAA schedules

Among the gems? How the NFL organised its schedule in the 1950s with one man, Bert Bell, sitting at his kitchen table, slotting dominoes in and out of home-made shelves to represent teams and venues for the entire season.

Now help is at hand, however. Last week, I also caught up with Dr Barry O’Sullivan of UCC, this year’s Science Foundation Ireland Researcher of the Year. The full interview will appear here soon, so consider this a taster.

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