Harte ponders television blackout

TYRONE GAA chiefs may refuse future requests to screen their home league games live on TV as a result of recent suspensions handed out by the GAA after the review of video footage.

The 2008 All-Ireland champions had three players suspended for one month each last week after the Central Competitions Control Committee asked referee Pat McEnaney to review footage of their opening NFL clash with Derry.

Derry’s Eoin Bradley received the same sentence and his manager Damian Cassidy has complained that the process is discriminatory on the grounds that games which are not televised are not subject to the same scrutiny.