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Topic: The Football Review Committee – Hot Potatoes and Sacred Cows? - The Ball Stop
An Fear Rua (Editor)	Posted: 30-Jul-2012 12:23	Quote Edit Delete Report Post Post Reply
An Fear Rua (Editor)	Eugene McGee recently launched his Football Review Committee. The group has a website all to itself and has used the space afforded it by its GAA parent to post a survey that asks the same tired old questions about the current state of gaelic football. There are shoals of red herrings in there and a few cod questions too... The Football Review Committee – Hot Potatoes and Sacred Cows? - The Ball Stop
frasiercrane (1,843 Posts)	Posted: 30-Jul-2012 13:55	Quote Edit Delete Report Post Post Reply
frasiercrane (1,843 Posts)	The restriction of handpasses he suggests is not a good idea.It will make it much easier for teams to defend as they will just drop men deep and pressure teams into using up their handpasses and then the attacking team will be forced to kick a hopeful ball into the forwards.
An Fear Rua (Editor)	Posted: 02-Aug-2012 13:12	Quote Edit Delete Report Post Post Reply
An Fear Rua (Editor)	Football Review Committee Website Launch – www.frc.ie HAVE YOUR SAY A key component of the work of the FRC is the launch of a dedicated web site that will allow interested people to make submissions about their views on the game. The first important use of this website is the provision of a questionnaire being announced today that will allow the many people who have a great love of and interest in football at county, club and educational level an opportunity to express their views on a range of topics. People with specific views on Gaelic football can email us on frc@gaa.ie and those who do not use the internet may send their views in writing to: FRC, c/o Communications Dept, Croke Park, Dublin 3 The Football Review Committee was set up by GAA President Liam O’Neill with a remit to examine all aspects of Gaelic football and produce a widely researched report later in 2012 to the Management Committee and Central Council which will provide the basis for a national debate on football in 2013. This forensic examination includes statistical analysis on the development of the game from the 1970s to the present time with particular emphasis on the last 10 years. Communications we receive from the football public will help form the basis of our final report but we are also carrying out extensive face-to-face meetings with the various stakeholders in the game such as county and club players and officials, coaches, referees, county boards and provincial councils, media people, second and third-level bodies and other interested football people. Speaking at the Press Conference FRC Chairman Eugene McGee said: “We are very anxious that as many people as possible have their say about any aspect of football. Obviously, discussions about football at inter-county level will receive a lot of attention from the FRC but so too at club level where the game lives and breathes on a daily basis. So now is a real chance for club players to have their say.” Committee Member Biographies Eugene McGee - Chair of the Committee Eugene McGee is a native of Longford and is a Journalist. He wrote on GAA affairs for The Sunday Press, Sunday Tribune, Evening Herald and currently Irish Independent. He was Managing Editor of The Longford Leader newspaper for 23 years. He managed University College Dublin to win seven Sigerson Cups, two Dublin and All-Ireland club championships and the Offaly Team that won the 1982 All-Ireland final against Kerry. He was manager of the Ireland team against Australia 1987 and 1990. Killian Burns Killian Burns has played Gaelic football with his native Sneem, South Kerry and Kerry at all levels, winning a Hogan Cup in 1992 with St. Brendan’s College, Killarney, two U-21 All-Irelands in 1995 and 1996, a Division 1 National League title in 1997, two senior All-Irelands in 1997 and 2000, Junior and Senior Munster Championships and two senior county championships with South Kerry. He continues to play with his local club Sneem/Derrynane. He is a communications consultant with over 15 years’ experience in marketing with relevant experience working across soccer, GAA, rugby and minority sports with brands as well as sporting bodies. Declan Darcy Declan Darcy was Captain of Leitrim 1994 senior and U21-winning Connaught championship teams. Declan won senior Leinster championships with Dublin and St Brigid’s. He also won four county senior club titles with Aughawillan in Leitrim and one with St Brigid’s in Dublin. Declan was a member of the coaching team that won two All-Ireland U21 titles and three Leinster titles with Dublin. He is currently looking after 4-6 year olds in Clanna Gael in Dublin, manager of Under 9 girls in Clanna Gael and their Intermediate men's team. Paul Earley Paul Earley played at all grades for Roscommon and captained his county to win Minor and Senior Connaught championship titles, and won an All Star award. He was the first player to play first grade Australian Rules football and maintains a close association with the AFL. Paul played his club football with Michael Glaveys in Roscommon. He is a Level 2 GAA Coach and Tutor Trainer in the GAA Coach Education program. Paul is currently the manager of Celbridge Senior football team in Kildare. During the championship season Paul works as co-commentator on the live championship games with TV3, and during the National League with Setanta Sports. Professionally he runs his own independent financial planning business ‘Earley Consulting Ltd’ Tim Healy Tim Healy played Minor Football for Cork and Senior Football for Wicklow. He was educated at Coláiste Chríost Rí where he captained their first Corn Uí Mhuirí winning team, later graduating UCD's Smurfit Business School with an MBA. He has managed Senior Gaelic Football Club teams in Wexford and Dublin as well as managing the Wicklow U21 Football team. He is the author of "Can You Manage?" the guide to managing teams in Gaelic Football and other team sports, published in 2011. Ciaran McBride Ciaran Mc Bride has played both hurling and Gaelic football for Tyrone at all levels, winning All-Ireland U-21 medals in 1991 and 1992 and also holds three Ulster Senior Championship Medals. He is Head of PE and Sport at Omagh CBS and managed them to Hogan Cup success in 2007. He has worked for the Sunday Independent, Setanta and BBC as a football pundit and currently manages his adopted club Carrickmore's underage teams. John Tobin John Tobin is a former Physical Education teacher and currently Provincial Coaching and Games Manager for Connacht. John is a former Galway player and All Star. He has managed, coached and played at all levels - Colleges, Club and County. John has also managed both Galway and Roscommon at senior level. Tony Scullion Tony Scullion was a dual player and played football and hurling for both his Club Ballinascreen and Derry for a long number of years. In his football career he won an All-Ireland Senior Medal with his County in 1993, beating Cork in the Final. He won 3 National League Medals, 2 Ulster Senior Championship Medals, 6 Railway Cup Medals playing for Ulster and 4 All-Star Awards. He captained Ulster to one of those successes and captained Derry to National League success. He played for Ireland against Australia in 1987 and 1990 in the International Rules Series. He is employed by the Ulster Council GAA as the Football Development Officer for the province. Kevin Griffin - Secretary of the Committee Kevin Griffin has worked as Director of Registry in University College Dublin since 2007, having previously held the same position in Dublin City University. Prior to that he worked for 13 years in education policy and management in England. Kevin chaired the Elite Athlete Entry Working Group while at DCU and the Elite Athlete Implementation Group in UCD, and currently chairs the UCD Institute for Sport & Health Strategic Board. Kevin has played club football in his native Mayo (Davitts, of which he remains a member), England (London and Herts) and the US (Boston) and represented Mayo at underage.

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