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Post by Mickmack on Jul 30, 2008 20:09:36 GMT
The GAA cant overnight change the culture of 100 years. It must get the fundamentals right....... intelligent referees and linesmen and umpires. 30 minutes after writing this I saw the most farcical end to a hurling game when an umpire that looks about 16 years of age decided the result of the Munster U21 hurling final. The GAA is shambles .
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Post by seamus on Jul 31, 2008 9:07:09 GMT
The GAA cant overnight change the culture of 100 years. It must get the fundamentals right....... intelligent referees and linesmen and umpires. 30 minutes after writing this I saw the most farcical end to a hurling game when an umpire that looks about 16 years of age decided the result of the Munster U21 hurling final. The GAA is shambles . The umpire looked like he just wanted to get on telly for his mates to see him. What a farce. It makes the whole organisation look a shambles
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Post by kaywhy on Jul 31, 2008 10:40:07 GMT
30 minutes after writing this I saw the most farcical end to a hurling game when an umpire that looks about 16 years of age decided the result of the Munster U21 hurling final. The GAA is shambles . The umpire looked like he just wanted to get on telly for his mates to see him.What a farce.It makes the whole organisation look a shambles Thats for another thread lads. As for Paul Galvin... Final word goes to Martin Breheny: Thursday July 31 2008 The long-running Paul Galvin saga has finally ended following the announcement that he will not appeal against his suspension after having it halved to 12 weeks by the Central Hearings Committee.
He will remain banned until midnight Saturday, September 6, which means that unless Kerry reach the All-Ireland final, their captain's championship season is over. However, if they reach the final he will have two weeks to put himself in line for selection.
Kerry County Board Chairman, Jerome Conway, confirmed yesterday that the matter was now closed.
"We will get back to concentrating on football for the rest of the season. It's time to bring the matter to an end -- it has dragged on too long," he said.
Galvin's case was considered by a newly-constituted CHC on Tuesday night after the DRA ordered a re-hearing last week, citing procedural difficulties with the original hearing which suspended him for 24 weeks.
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The interim CHC -- comprising two members from Connacht, Leinster and Ulster -- ruled that Galvin should be banned for 12 weeks, a decision which the player and Board will accept.
"That's the end of the line with this case. We never condoned what Paul did but we always felt that a six-month suspension was excessive. That's why we pursued the appeals process and I think the latest ruling justifies the stance we took," said Conway.
The CHC suspended Galvin for four weeks for abusive language towards an official and for 12 weeks for knocking the notebook out of Paddy Russell's hand after the referee had sent him off on a second yellow card offence. The bans are to run concurrently. The End.
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Post by Control on Jul 31, 2008 15:31:24 GMT
And on that note, we'll lock up this.
It's been the most talked about sports item in Ireland this summer and has drawn to an end with Paul Galvin accepting the three month ban.
Time to move on and focus on supporting the Kerry team this weekend and all Kerry teams for the remainder of the summer.
Control.
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