Kevin O’Brien reports from Croke Park
GAA CONGRESS HAS passed a motion which strictly prohibits players or members of team management from betting on the outcome of a game they are involved in.
Motion 1 adopts the rule that anyone who is part of a county side who places a bet on a match they’re taking part in will now face a ban, with the minimum sanction faced an eight-week suspension.
A fine, disqualification, and expulsion from the Association may also be considered. The first motion passed with an overwhelming 234 votes to 2 majority.
Wexford delegate Tony Dempsey spoke in favour of passing the motion, describing gambling as ‘a silent killer.’
Meanwhile, Motion 3 has passed with a ‘yes’ vote of 95%.
It means the Christy Ring Cup champions will compete in the All-Ireland SHC qualifiers in the same year they win the Christy Ring Cup.
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Outstanding buy for Villa.
@john howard: and outstanding loss for Arsenal
Wow
Extended highlights of the game show the atrocious tackles that got put in on Messi. Battled on with bloody ankles in fairness. The man is in some of the best form of his life. Like a fine wine.
Sadly I don’t see them beating Brazil and the Ronaldo sharade will still claim he’s better due to his international record and Euro win which is chronically over exagerrated. Has 40+ goals of his 100 and odd against teams not in the Fifa top 100 nations.
@Brian Timmons: delighted for Messi but why have a go at Ronaldo?
Anybody that understands anything about football can acknowledge that both players are genius’s and both deserve the many plaudits they’ve rightfully earned. It’s charade and not sharade by the way.
@Aidan Prior: I think to be fair, if Messi had played in England, people on this side of the world would recognise how far ahead of everyone he is.
I watch la liga religiously and seen a lot of both Ronaldo and Messi.
Messi by a country mile and that’s no disrespect to CR7.
The Colombians had 6 yellow cards in the game-all six fouls were on you know who. The man was battered last night, nasty looking ankle injury he picked up