New rules signal drop-off in goals

THE art of goal-scoring seems to be disappearing under the new GAA rules, even though there has been a dramatic upswing in the amount of points scored so far in the NFL.

It is four years since the leagues were shunted from their traditional pre- and post-Christmas slots to the one calendar year and, on the basis of the first three rounds, three-pointers have never been harder to score.

Tommy Moran is chairman of the Football Rules Task Force which introduced the raft of experimental rulings and, although he professed himself more than happy with most of the results, he admitted the drop-off in goals was a concern.