One of the more noteworthy parts of the Football Review Committee’s (FRC) work over the last two years was their almost complete disregard for what the players wanted. As a group, players were deemed just a little too close to the whole affair to be deemed disinterested (as opposed to uninterested) observers.
Michael Murphy, before his dramatic return to the playing ranks, even said as much when he was invited aboard, 12 months or more into his retirement. He was inclined to instinctively vote ‘no’ whenever he was canvassed by the Gaelic Players Association (GPA) for an opinion on an incoming rule change when he was a player. He had enough to be worrying about. So he was as close to a current player as they were willing to get ...
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