John Tobin: Hand-pass remains football's 'elephant in the room'

“The elephant in the room is the hand-pass, which I would have curtailed. I would have said that the maximum number of hand-passes is two before the ball must be released with a kick, which means that the ball is put into contest."
John Tobin: Hand-pass remains football's 'elephant in the room'

RULE CHANGES: Gaelic football still faces existential questions irrespective of Saturday’s vote on rule changes, says John Tobin. Pic: Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile

Gaelic football still faces existential questions irrespective of Saturday’s vote on rule changes, says John Tobin.

The former Galway and Roscommon manager was a member of the previous Football Review Committee (FRC) under the chairmanship of the late Eugene McGee, which concluded its work in 2013.

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