Sir, – The opening rounds of the Allianz Football League clearly indicate the considerable enhancement that Jim Gavin and his Football Review Committee have brought to Gaelic football. Hurling is treasured as being in a “good place” to the extent that any contemplation of rule modification is likely to be met with a “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” reply.
Getting too precious about hurling will not serve its future well. Consequently I hope that the perspectives and reasoning underpinning Jim Gavin’s work will be examined as to relevancy for the game of hurling.
An obvious pertinence for hurling is football’s new time-keeping system, where the game clock is started and stopped at the referee’s behest and a hooter “calls” half-time and full-time. – Yours, etc,
MICHAEL GANNON,
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