'Surgery needed and quick'
July 03, 2024
Derry's Conor Glass is tackled by Joe O'Connor and Gavin White of Kerry ©INPHO/James Crombie
Former GAA president Sean Kelly has raised concerns about the future of Gaelic football as a spectacle.
Kelly wasn’t the only one who was unimpressed with last Sunday’s coma-inducing All-Ireland SFC quarter-final between his native Kerry and Derry. The game laid bare many of the problems which the Jim Gavin-led Football Review Committee are currently trying to fix.
Taking to X, the recently-re-elected MEP said: "I presume players are enjoying playing ‘modern’ Gaelic football but, sadly, for more and more people I speak to, it’s not a ‘spectator’ sport anymore. Surgery needed and quick."
Referring to RTÉ commentary on the game, Kelly added: "As Ger Canning said, ‘a game that won’t live long in the memory’, but sadly, that’s true about far too many football games."
TweetI presume players are enjoying playing ‘modern’ Gaelic football but, sadly, for more & more people I speak to, it’s not a ‘spectator’ sport anymore. 😓😥 Surgery needed & quick ! pic.twitter.com/mSmIr0RVPG
— Seán Kelly MEP (@SeanKellyMEP) July 1, 2024
