Mickey Harte says Dr Crokes' segregation proposal is "outlandish".

In the wake of last weekend's Derrytresk / Dromid brawl, the Kerry champions called for supporters at next month's All-Ireland club semi-final against Crossmaglen to be segregated and, speaking in today's Irish News, the Tyrone boss has expressed his total opposition to this proposal:

"I think this is a serious over-reaction. No-one condones violence but we also have to keep it in context and very often it does appear worse than it actually is.

"Sometimes pictures tell a story that over-exaggerates and, when you go into the finer detail, it may not have been quite as drastic as someone had reported it.

"But to think someone would take that, or an incident of this nature, and ask for something as drastic as segregation is outlandish.

"The very thing that makes us stand apart from other organisations is the ability of our supporters to mingle with each other. It would be a serious, serious detrimental step." Tweet

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