This weekend sees the culmination of the GAA’s campaign to improve football. It has been an impressive 20 months’ work by the Football Review Committee, appointed by president Jarlath Burns and chaired by former Dublin manager Jim Gavin – now Fianna Fáil’s candidate for the Áras.
Gavin’s new status is likely to impact on his room for manoeuvre on Saturday. There have been concerns that having a political representative assuming a high-profile role at special congress would be in conflict with Rule 1.9 on party political involvement.
At Central Council, he formally introduced the motions for discussion and left Liam Keane, Standing Committee on Playing Rules chair and the association’s legal factotum, to comb through the details.
At congress, Gavin is likely to take a similar back seat to avoid any unnecessary controversy but he has helmed a seriously impressive project.
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