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26th September 2016
09:53am BST

“The decision was taken that in order to have a level playing field for all teams playing on all fields throughout the country, throughout the championship, that we wouldn’t use Hawk-Eye.”In other words, we have this incredible tool in the biggest stadium in Ireland, where we will play the final, which will be attended by a record 34,445, but because we can't use it for every game, we're going to turn it off. That is a crazy logic which, if implemented in men's GAA, would have meant Hawk-Eye was never installed. The 2014 All-Ireland hurling final would have been won by Tipperary and Dublin would still have lost Sunday's final. If you have a something at your disposal that can help you avoid shitstorms like the one you find yourself at the centre of Monday morning, would you not use it? Will they use it next year? The expense involved to reconfigure the system from a Size 5 football to the Size 4 the ladies play with may also have been an issue. You would have to wonder if it was worth it. Ask the Dublin players what they think. Catch up on the first episode of Football Friday Live...
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