Dublin boss Gavin favours using two refs for football

Jim Gavin believes the idea of semi-professional referees would jar with the GAA’s amateur ethos, but the Dublin manager has advocated using two referees in Gaelic football.

His Mayo counterpart, James Horan, floated the idea of semi-pro officials recently, but Gavin was echoing the words of Clare hurling boss Davy Fitzgerald in advocating twice as many whistlers on the field of play.

Fitzgerald has proposed the move for hurling specifically in the past given the greater speed of that game, yet Gavin pointed out the bigger ball code already has some experience of that particular experiment.