Brennan: Match bans good in theory but too impractical

MATCH specific bans in Gaelic games are a fine idea in theory but would not work in practice, according to GAA president Nickey Brennan.

Annually, the question is asked as to why the association persists with a disciplinary system which suspends players for a specific period of time rather than on the basis of individual games.

Under the current structures, players banned for the same offence in the same game stand to miss a different amount of games. Some miss no time on the field at all if their offences occur at certain fallow periods of the year.