Replying To Pikeman96: "Any field sport which can won without entering the opposition half just wont survive.
Ah, come on now. It's one thing to be able to score from your own half. Would be a whole other thing to win a match with only those types of scores and never actually leaving your half.
Anyway - tug of war is a field sport. And the whole aim of it is not only to not enter the opposition half, but to get as far away from it as possible. And that survives fairly well!"
Hes probably in the camp that wants to get rid of the 2 pointer in football. I see the Roscommon minors are kicking them for fun tonight. Sure we cant be having that!....
A) Narrow posts by 1.5m to 5m (football too, 2-pointers more difficult) B) Raise crossbar by 0.5m to 3m (offsets, encourage goals) C) Goals 5 pts (football 4 pts) D) Take '65s' from 'Own 45', that's 100m out in Croke Park (football from midfield, a Croker '72') E) Legal handpass requires 'minimum 30cm gap between ball and striking palm' before the follow through