McGee’s report grabs football by scruff of its neck

The GAA has often been mocked for the snail’s pace with which it embraces change but the recommendations released yesterday to improve Gaelic football represent an exercise in revolution by committee.

Eugene McGee, who has chaired the eight-member Football Review Committee (FRC) for the past eight months, joked that this was no coup d’etat and director general Paraic Duffy was safe in his seat in HQ and there were no bombshells primed in the 12-page release.

“We just want to spell out the little small things that, if they were done, would alleviate a lot of problems that annoy the rank and file GAA person, whether that be a spectator or official,” McGee explained.