Gaelic football is in need of an injection of entertainment and the GAA has been working to do just that with a whole host of new rules trialled in interprovincial clashes earlier this month.
Recent months have seen a group of esteemed Gaelic football figures tasked with reinventing the sport's core rulebook under the stewardship of ex-Dublin manager Jim Gavin.
The Football Review Committee's rule changes were put to the test publicly in a series of interprovincial games in Croke Park last week, with the feedback generally positive from the watching GAA world.
Of course, not all changes were popular with Mayo star Aidan O'Shea vocal in his disagreement with a new points system that saw four given for a goal and two from distance including a 45-metre kick between the uprights.
One other controversial rule was that umpires had to wave two flags for the two-point score - a strange sight. When trialled first it seemed like the umpire had forgot to wave the red flag and the whole act was unnecessary.
18 October 2024; A red flag, for a two point score, and a white flag, for a white point score, at the Hill 16 goalposts before the Allianz GAA Football Interprovincial Championship semi-final match between Leinster and Connacht at Croke Park in Dublin. Photo by Piaras Ó Mídheach/Sportsfile
All-Ireland winning former Kerry boss Eamon Fitzmaurice - who is on the FRC - subsequently suggested it would be amended.
That has proven to be the case.
GAA scraps three proposed rules ahead of Special Congress
After a GAA Central Council meeting, it has been decided that three of the more contentious rules will be scrapped ahead of Special Congress in November.
Those rules of course, are the awarding of four points for a goal, two-points for a '45 and the two-flag waves.
It is now proposed that an orange flag will be waved in the event that a two-pointer is scored when a referee raises two hands in the air.
Meanwhile, the four-point goal was abolished for fear of games becoming too one-sided in the event of goals being scored.
All of the other proposed rules will be voted on when Special Congress takes place on November 30 at Croke Park.
