Kelly’s hurling revolution

OVER the past several years, this year more than ever, we’ve had headline after blaring headline on whether or not the GAA will open up Croke Park to rugby and soccer.

Will they, won’t they, should they? And yet, down the sports pages this week was an utterance far more radical, potentially more far-reaching for the GAA, than the Croke Park issue.

“Kelly to explore hurlers’ move to weaker counties”, the headline went. A proposal from GAA president Sean Kelly which, if adopted, would revolutionise hurling.