Task Force seeks to slash minimum suspensions

PROPOSALS to reduce minimum suspensions from 12 to eight weeks and, conversely, to introduce harsher penalties for repeat offenders (excluding cumulative yellow cards) will be put before GAA Congress.

It’s also proposed that penalties imposed both at club and inter-county level would not carry over to the following year.

The rationale for reducing minimum penalties, explained Task Force chairman Frank Murphy, was current penalties in some instances were too harsh, while others were too lenient.