GAA disciplinary measures ‘need major overhaul’

THE GAA urgently needs to abolish its current system of suspending players for a period of time rather than for specific matches, according to leading Association official Pat Daly.

Daly, the Head of Games in Croke Park, was heavily involved in discussions with the AFL's disciplinary chief Brian Collis QC two years ago in Australia, talks which planted the seeds for the establishment of a totally new structure here with new committees like the CDC, CAC and the DRA.

While that move has improved matters, Daly feels the entire GAA disciplinary system is still being undermined by the slavish loyalty to the traditional method of banning players for a time period.