GAA proposes bans of 240 weeks for serious disciplinary offenders

A raft of hard-hitting new proposals has been put forward by the association’s Central Competitions Control Committee (CCCC), Central Hearings Committee (CHC) and Central Appeals Committee (CAC)

OFF: GAA chiefs are proposing a series of 14 new sanctions to crack down on disciplinary issues

The GAA’s disciplinary chiefs have proposed an increase in the maximum ban for an individual to 240 weeks, Examiner Sport can reveal.

The recommendation is among a suite of sterner measures including doubling of a sanction for an unsuccessful hearing that is considered “frivolous or vexatious” and “solely based on procedural or technical arguments”.