Square Baw

in light of the dastardly cheating of Meath in the 2010 championship and the excellent call from the ref (overruling the umpire....his son) when that cheater graham geraghty tried to cheat his way to a goal for Meath in this years Leinster championship and the goal awarded to brendan......BRENDAN Coulter in last years all ireland semi. is it time to change the rules on the squarebaw?

it is far easier to judge it from the point of the kick than it is from the time the ball enters the square.

what say you?

Make Meath score two for each one allowed and three against Louth until Karma is fully repaid.
Make sure revisionist history doesnt apply to games in which both teams scored contentious scores i.e. Kildare and the 39 steps

Can anyone explain the Square Ball rule for me please........with specific reference to the following....................if you are standing on the line with some of you in and some of you out, are you in? Is the line in or out?.............ditto with the ball?

Frank Murphy, are you out there ???

Ar aghaidh le cheile wrote:Make Meath score two for each one allowed and three against Louth until Karma is fully repaid.
Make sure revisionist history doesnt apply to games in which both teams scored contentious scores i.e. Kildare and the 39 steps

that is a bit revisionist too. There was a man hanging off him for 34 of those 39 steps.

When I played 5 steps were still to many but that was before colour and the tube and cover was damn heavy

John Cregan wrote:Can anyone explain the Square Ball rule for me please........with specific reference to the following....................if you are standing on the line with some of you in and some of you out, are you in? Is the line in or out?.............ditto with the ball?

Frank Murphy, are you out there ???

John
Its quite simple, the square is actually a parallelogram my spelling is rubbish.
Whether your in the square or not depends on a number of factors
1. Officially the attacker is not supposed to be in the 4 sided object before the ball. As Ireland does not have a major airforce airspace has always been a difficult concept. See American military flights into Shannon.
2. The identification of a square ball is dependent on the humour of the umpires. Within this are several other subsets
a. In club games is the away tea attacking
b. In county games are the umpires related to the referee
c. Will a square ball result in a draw and a replay, more revenue for the GAA
3. Finally the likelihood of a square ball being called is propotionate to how much the rest of the country love you.

Thanks. That's a better explanation than the Sunday Game fellas!!