Now that I've seen it and had a few days to think about it I've decided I don't like it. Could you imagine the Dublin/Meath teams of the 80/90s doing that, there'd be a few lads crouched down cradling their family jewels by the time the line passed.

Anyway, soccer teams shake before the game and then go their separate ways to either side of the pitch, where our lads runs into their positions from the off, therefore having the chance to 'greet' their immediate opponent before the ball is thrown in.

realdub (Dublin) - Posts: 8756 - 13/08/2013 09:30:32    1460175

Lose it, GAA being all 'vanilla', think they are trying to reduce the pre throw in jostling. Hate it when Croke Park tell us what we want and need in our game. They seem hell bent to contrive an image about our game that seems to suit visitors from abroad. The Croke park match day experience, apart from the matches, is very insincere, IMO. 'Croke Park' are a different bunch to the GAA, wonder if some of those 'event organisers' up there ever went to a club match?

Wmdg (Tipperary) - Posts: 14 - 13/08/2013 09:35:24    1460180

Another thing to add, KEEP the camera man away from players like Ryan O Dwyer after a match, he is an amateur player who got wrongly dismissed in the biggest match of his life and someone decides to stick a camera in his face, now that's wrong!

Wmdg (Tipperary) - Posts: 14 - 13/08/2013 09:45:58    1460188

Has this been scrapped already? I didn't see it happen last Sunday.

Cute_Kerry_Hoor (Kerry) - Posts: 2518 - 22/08/2013 11:46:25    1465627

Hopefully :)

realdub (Dublin) - Posts: 8756 - 22/08/2013 11:57:41    1465641

hopefully it has
but due to the minor match going to extra time and the hawkeye situation they may have just wanted to start the match as it was already delayed enough

hill16no1man (Dublin) - Posts: 12665 - 22/08/2013 11:58:51    1465644

its trying to sell gaa to d4 mothers all over the country

Stmunnsriver (Wexford) - Posts: 2980 - 22/08/2013 12:16:00    1465655

As uibh fhaili and others have said, shaking hands in EPL clearly does nothing to promote sportsmanship! I always shook hands before and after a match. Mind you I was sometimes rewarded with a stick in the guts. But at least you knew where you stood then :-)

hurlingdub (Dublin) - Posts: 6978 - 22/08/2013 12:24:07    1465662

Yeah have to agree , I hope it's gone as well it was a bit of a joke IMO .

KingdomBoy1 (Kerry) - Posts: 14092 - 22/08/2013 12:58:52    1465700

thankfully it seems to have been scrapped as it didnt happen again today

hill16no1man (Dublin) - Posts: 12665 - 25/08/2013 17:57:16    1467760

Its not working out...

http://www.independent.ie/sport/hurling/video-waterford-minor-is-unfortunate-to-be-at-the-end-of-the-line-in-prematch-handshake-29567558.html

Marlon_JD (Tipperary) - Posts: 1823 - 10/09/2013 19:38:44    1479532

The AllIrl championships have been special enough without it, if someone hasn't the class to shake an opponent's hand you'll want to see him get his comeuppance all the more. People watch games as much for the needle in it as anything, an enforced pre-match handshake diffuses this.

It's like Fair city aping the Coronation St storylines.

AnFearDonn (Kilkenny) - Posts: 65 - 11/09/2013 09:33:17    1479681

The Galway minors were not very sporting last Sunday when they gave a dig or push to the last Waterford minor in the line up - guess he and Waterford had the last laugh though

yew_tree (Mayo) - Posts: 11589 - 11/09/2013 09:49:48    1479686

Pure political correctness gone mad from the suits in Croker and very embarrassing to watch.
Keep that c**p for the soccer types who roll about and feign injury, wouldnt happen in our games ;-) - we neither want or need it.

Tim_Burr (Down) - Posts: 460 - 11/09/2013 10:02:02    1479702

That Waterford chap should've gone down.

AnFearDonn (Kilkenny) - Posts: 65 - 11/09/2013 10:23:29    1479730

I have seen a lot of Football played in my home County Club and County and i have never seen the like of this palsy walsy players shaking hands. I can imagine old Mullaghorn/Cavan Slashers/ Drumalee players having to do this,
Next they will put the ball out of play when some one is injured(or wants the cameras on their Tattoes as the lay down on the ground )and the sideline free will go back to the keeper.
OOgh one more replusive rule from the beautiful game.

tomsmith (Cavan) - Posts: 4040 - 11/09/2013 10:31:38    1479736