The dust has settled following Clare's dramatic All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship final win over Cork but the debate has continued in its aftermath.
A number of key decisions have left some Cork fans feeling hard-done by, most notably the jersey pull from Clare defender Conor Leen on Robbie O'Flynn as he missed the final shot of the game.
Leen has no regrets about the incident but the buck stops with the match officials who failed to flag it at such a crucial time.
It was not the only jersey pull that went unpunished on a Cork player, while they also had calls for an obvious 65 and a black card appeal, both of which weren't awarded.
The pace of hurling in its modern guise makes it a hugely difficult sport to officiate and referee Johnny Murphy was under pressure from minute one.
There have been calls for a VAR-like intervention to help officials with clear decisions that have been missed.
The sport already relies on hawk-eye so the use of technology is not an alien prospect to the GAA.
Shane McGrath doesn't want VAR in hurling
However, Tipperary legend Shane McGrath is against the prospect on introducing VAR to hurling, believing the collective team of officials and umpires must do better.
The All-Ireland winner was complimentary of Murphy's refereeing as a whole but wanted to see more intervention from his assistants on the day - as he explained on the RTE GAA Podcast.
I wouldn't be for it (VAR) personally," he said.
"You've got your two linesmen, your two umpires down on that side. You could have had four extra sets of eyes at that end of the field.
"Last second, high ball in; you know something is going to happen. You know somebody's going to get pulled, somebody is going to do something.
"Your two umpires are clued in, your two linemen are down there watching it, and Johnny's down there as well.
"So you've five sets of eyes on the thing to try and make a call. If you have that, and all those people are entitled to call it back, or entitled to be influential on the thing, that thing gets seen - or should get seen.
"The referee, like they do in lots of matches, goes with what the linesman says, or maybe, to a lesser degree, with what the umpire says."
While McGrath is not in favour of the technology, he did speculate that last Sunday's final could be the day that prompts the GAA to bring further assistance for officials into the game.
'It is a great debate and a very interesting one... there is great points to be made for both sides," he said.
"I wouldn't be for it but they have embraced technology (in the past) and maybe this will be the next step for them because it has just gotten so fast."
It would certainly be a break from tradition but the GAA has shown a willingness to trial new rules in a bid to improve both sporting codes.
