Jim Gavin: ‘We really welcome all of the engagement’:
By Cian O’Connell
Jim Gavin has confirmed that the Football Review Committee will make some recommendations to the Standing Committee on Playing Rules.
Speaking on RTE’S Morning Ireland, FRC Chairperson Gavin discussed the next stage following a meeting yesterday. “It was a very good meeting last night, the 50th meeting for the Football Review Committee,” Gavin remarked.
“We’ve a three stage process, reporting to the Standing Committee on Playing Rules with recommendations, they make recommendations then to the Coiste Bainistí, which is the managing committee, chaired by Uachtaráin Chumann Luthchleas Gael, Jarlath Burns, they will consider that, and they will make motions towards Central Council, who meet next Thursday to vote on any proposals, if any, that are made.”
The former Dublin manager welcomes the engagement, highlighting surveys that continue to be carried out during the Allianz Football League. “The first thing I’ll say is we really welcome all of the engagement,” Gavin commented.
“Last year we had more than 7,000 responses, for a survey we’ve 1,200 people on a longitudinal survey currently as that name suggests, an ongoing reiterative process. We’ve got feedback from inter-county managers, a GPA submission in recent days from Colm Begley, club managers have given us feedback.
“It is all welcomed, it is all different people’s perspective. In general, people like what they see. Yes, we’ve heard inter-county managers, they represent two per cent of our games in the Association, but they are a very, very important stakeholder. They get a shop window on 26 weeks of the year, so it is very important to listen to them. We also listen to the clubs.
“I was out in St Anne’s Park in Clontarf at the weekend at a minor hurling game. On the pitch next to me Olaf’s were playing Naomh Barrog in an U15 game, I spoke to the referee and both managers, it was going well with them.
“Yes, they had feedback for me, things they’d like to see changed. We’ve listened to all of that. If the Standing Committee on Playing Rules and the Coiste Bainistí push those recommendations on, people will see that we’ve listened.”