New hand-pass rule is doomed to failure

Whataboutery is usually an exercise best avoided but, bear with us: in this instance, it is worth indulging. We’re trying to imagine the game of Gaelic football without more than three consecutive hand-passes, which will be the situation in a couple of weeks.

We could discuss how counterproductive the limit will be. We could mention how teams, as reports from recent trial matches among colleges sides have claimed, kick the ball back as soon as they hit three to restart the process for fear they might lose possession with a kick forward.