Meath manager Mick O'Dowd should have waited for the dust to settle on the Leinster SFC final before deciding whether or not to go public with details of the alleged 'bite' on Mickey Burke, according to GAA President Liam O'Neill.

"There is a rule in the German army, I think you have to wait 24 hours before you make a complaint. It gives you time to think out your position on it," O'Neill said to the Irish Times.

"The difficulty might have been the speed of the accusation because sometimes in the heat of the moment things aren't as clear as they are when you give yourself a moment or two of reflection."

The CCCC decided against investigating the incident due to a lack of evidence and the Laois native said: "The interesting thing about it is that there seems to be an unwillingness among players to talk about incidents like this after games. There is a kind of solidarity.

"I would just wish that solidarity would manifest itself during the game as well. If there is such a tightness among players when these incidents happen, why doesn't that extend to behaving on the field and not being involved in these incidents in the first place?

"That would make it easy on us all, wouldn't it?" Tweet

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