15 questions to get you ready for the return of the GAA championships

You’ll be at a game at some point this summer. Michael Moynihan has 15 questions to get you ready

Car park attendant Peter Mullen awaits customers ahead of the Championship match between Sligo and Antrim at Markievicz Park in 2017. Picture: Seb Daly/Sportsfile

1 Why is there always a controversy with the rules?

Because there has to be. Every year it’s something, whether it’s the colour of the sliotars, the weight of the sliotars, blood subs, yellow and red cards — remember that one? — sin bins ... Every championship needs something to get it up and running. A rules controversy is ideal, because it’s a victimless crime. Apart from the referees. And players. But at least it distracts from the ...