Kieran Shannon: To excel, football needs to stop screwing around

We often hear that there is too much tinkering to the rules of football, that the game should be just left alone, but in truth there hasn’t been enough. It needs new rules

CONTRASTING FORTUNES: Aaron Griffin of Clare in action against Karl O'Connell of Monaghan. Monaghan have been involved in some of the most entertaining games of the Championship while Clare are the first team out. Pic: Daire Brennan/Sportsfile

When it comes to football these days, what is it that we’re even watching?

On Sunday just past, we, like many others presumably, were flitting between taking in some of the glorious weather and the underage hurling finals from Thurles and the more perfunctory matter of the Sam Maguire group games RTÉ had decided to show live.