Over the past three years, discipline in inter-county GAA games has significantly improved, preceding the Football Review Committee's (FRC) rule changes. These changes have increased the workload for referees, yet they also streamlined officiating, making the process more efficient. Three football referees, including two from the inter-county panel and one from a busy county, provided their experiences on the implications of the new rules for their roles as referees in inter-county matches.
Discipline in inter-county GAA games has seen a marked year-on-year improvement for the last three years, even before the FRC's overhaul of the rules.
The Football Review Committee (FRC) introduced rule changes that increased the workload for referees while simultaneously making their job easier.
In a recent conversation, three football referees shared insights on how the new rules impacted their officiating in inter-county matches.
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