New Experimental GAA Rules Explained

The GAA recently introduced strict new regulations which they hope will confront the growing cynicism and persistent fouling that has become a huge source of frustration and criticism amongst Gaelic Games purists.
And to help you understand the new experimental rules and keep you out of the referees' glare from January, we have attached the football and hurling directives which have been sent out to all officials.
The main difference between the new regulations and the old system is that players shown a yellow card will now leave the field of play and be replaced by a substitute. This initiative should hand the responsibility of discipline directly back to the players as a yellow card offence will see them sit out the rest of the game.

Task force chairman Liam O'Neill said: 'We constantly hear about teams who play to the rules or play to the edge in whatever way. Well, we want to make that edge a lot sharper now and anyone who plays to it will get cut.
'We want to make a bargain to our younger players that you grow up in a game where persistent fouling won't bother you one bit, where you solo by a person without having your head taken off, where you can take the field without fear of being pulled down, where you can part with a ball without being pasted.
'The bargain we are making with young players is, play your game skilfully and we will protect you.'
The experimental rules are to be used in the upcoming subsidiary provincial competitions and Allianz GAA Hurling and Football National Leagues.

Video on New Rules here