GAA stall on disciplinary calls

THE GAA’s disciplinary structures will be monitored for another year before a decision is made on whether to introduce another new system incorporating a rugby-style match citing commissioner.

Director General Páraic Duffy admitted yesterday that 2008 had been yet another year blighted by considerable disciplinary controversies despite the radical overhaul of procedures in recent years.

The Monaghan official accepted that the current five-tiered structure — referee, Central Competitions Control Committee (CCCC), Central Hearings Commitee (CHC), Central Appeals Committee (CAC) and Dispute Resolution Authority (DRA) — places considerable demands on the members of the various committees and the question is now being asked whether those procedures are unnecessarily taxing.