Neil Ewing: An easy fix for football’s woes? Stop players from passing the ball backwards

Given my grumblings, I would be wrong not to share my daft suggestions, when the opportunity is there through the rules committee survey. 

NO GOING BACK?: David Clifford in action against Derry players Christopher McKaigue and Niall Toner. Photo by Piaras Ó Mídheach/Sportsfile

As a player, I had a disdain for the daft and often piecemeal rule changes that were trialled in league and preseason competitions.

Rule change talk always brings me back to a particular memory, maybe glamourised anecdote.