‘Mark’ proposal is shot down

DELEGATES were in no real mood to embrace changes in the playing rules experimented in the subsidiary competitions and the league in the early motions debated at last night’s opening session of the GAA Congress in Newcastle, Co. Down.

First to be given the boot, much to the delight of people like Tyrone boss Mickey Harte who was one of the most outspoken critics, was the proposal to introduce the fisted pass in preference to hand-passing.

And the ‘mark’ proposal which initially attracted sizeable support also suffered a similar fate.