'Why are we sitting with our heads in the sand?' Quirke, Counihan, and Gavin back hooter system

Laois manager Mike Quirke, 2010 All-Ireland winning Cork manager Conor Counihan, and four-time All-Ireland hurling final referee Brian Gavin have called for the introduction of the clock-hooter system to lessen the "unsustainable" demands being placed on football referees.

Timekeeping issues dominated three of the weekend's Allianz League Division 1 games, with Meath manager Andy McEntee furious that referee Sean Hurson did not add more time to the four minutes of second-half stoppages he played.