New rules highlight football’s identity crisis

Eighteen years ago, Tyrone proposed and succeeded in having a motion passed that there would be a 10-year moratorium on changes to the playing rules of Gaelic football.

Along with Cork, Tyrone are the conservative wing of the GAA but there was plenty reason for their approach. With some significant changes to the game over the previous decade and the goalposts regularly moving in the metaphorical sense, somebody was going to shout stop.

Eventually though, the rule was changed back and clubs could again recommend changes every five years.