Fogarty Forum: It doesn't augur well for new rules that FRC folded on four-point goal

The four-point goal would have worked in tandem with the two-pointer.

Connacht's Enda Smith and Aidan O'Shea celebrate a goal during the Interprovincial Series final against Ulster. Picture: ©INPHO/Ben Brady

In the interests of avoiding landslide results and possibly over-complicating the scoring system, the Football Review Committee (FRC) last week chose to reduce the value of a goal from four points back to three.

Passed by Central Council on Saturday, Special Congress delegates on November 30 will only be asked to consider two-pointers for balls kicked over the bar from play or frees (not 45s) either outside or on the 40-metre arc.