Tiernan McCann ban would be unlawful — Joe Brolly

Joe Brolly insists the GAA “do not have a leg to stand on” after “unlawfully” proposing Tiernan McCann be slapped with an eight-week ban for feigning injury during Tyrone’s football qualifier win over Monaghan.

Tiernan McCann ban would be unlawful — Joe Brolly

The GAA’s Central Competitions Control Committee (CCCC) is understood to have cited “misconduct that is considered to have discredited the Association” in proposing the ban.

Brolly, however, says the CCCC are not within their legal right to hand down such a lengthy suspension as the rulebook already caters for a feigning office.

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