The two radical rule changes that can fix Gaelic football

KEEP BALL: Roscommon's Ben O’Carroll with Daire Newcombe of Dublin in the sides' championship meeting. How do we incentivise more contests in the game? 

Five years ago, they determined enough was enough. Change was required and it needed to be road-tested. DIT Freshers played Maynooth with new experimental rule trials for Gaelic football. The assessment of then DIT manager Stephen O’Meara? “A complete failure.” 

In 2011, 90% of kickouts crossed the 45-metre line. That figure had fallen to 50%. The GAA’s Standing Committee on Playing Rules could point to this specific data as cause for concern and reason for a trial.