McEntee credits McEnaney with making football ‘more manly again’
The 2002 All-Ireland winner, twin brother of Crossmaglen manager Tony, believes the National Referees Association chairman McEnaney has been pivotal in match officials adopting a more common sense approach in this year’s All-Ireland SFC.
“I think there was a stage there where you nearly couldn’t tackle, people were afraid to tackle. The whole definition of what a tackle was being eroded. Nobody really knew what you could or couldn’t do.