The Central Council of the GAA has voted overwhelmingly to make a rule alteration ahead of the All-Ireland preliminary football quarter-finals this weekend.
While the new rules have been credited with producing a feast of football so far this season, one or two rules have come under fire after having the microscope of Championship football come down on them.
The penalty for impeding a player who has taken a kick-out mark will be reduced from a 50-metre advancement to just a free from where the offence has taken place from this weekend on after a Central Council vote on the matter was completed.
The punishment of a free in front of the posts if a hand was laid on the player claiming the mark as he landed had been deemed too severe, and the offence often unavoidable as players collided upon landing after contesting a kickout.
Quite often, the team awarded the free have chosen to move it back outside the new scoring arc and shot for a two-pointer.
It’s believed there was just one vote against among the 40 strong Central Council, with the rule adjustment passing by 39-1.
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