Prenty urges football to ‘administer elixir’

Connacht secretary John Prenty believes the Football Review Committee’s proposals have to be heeded if cynicism is to be curbed in Gaelic football.

In his report to provincial convention this month, he wrote: “The most disturbing trend in modern Gaelic football has been the increase in cynical play. This has the potential to drive away our young and our most skilful players from the game.

“Our delegates and county officials have the ultimate say in what happens the proposals going forward and in my opinion have a simple question to answer: do you wish to preside over the further decline of the game of Gaelic football or are we prepared to administer the elixir proposed by the Football Review Committee to breathe new life into the development of football in the future? We may not get the same chance again.”