Earlier in the week it was revealed that Jim Gavin's task force have proposed several radical rule changes to Gaelic football that will be trialled in the coming weeks.
The former Dublin manager is currently leading the group, and they have a collective goal to try and make the sport more entertaining to watch.
The game has brought some brilliant spectacles in recent years, but with defensive systems and clever tactics to slow the game down now common in the sport, the GAA felt that action was needed.
Although a lot of the proposed rules will be welcomed, such as changing The Advanced Mark which has many fans, pundits and players pulling their hair out.
The new legislation states that now, instead of taking a free from the that spot you caught the ball, you have the opportunity to play on and go for goal, but if it doesn't work out, then the referee brings it back for a free kick anyway.
In the upcoming trial games that will take place in during challenge matches across the country in the coming weeks, there will be a 40m arc, and if a player scores a point from outside that arc, it will be worth two points, while a goal will now be worth four points, instead of three.
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Despite positive changes like this, Canavan is more concerned with the volume of amendments being made.
"I think there’s too much on the table for these games," the Tyrone legend told the RTÉ GAA Podcast.
"The only thing I was hoping for when they were coming forward with their proposals was that they’d have two, three or four [rule changes] at the most in order for them to be carried.
"I think there’s too much on the table for these challenge games that will be taking place in the coming weeks.
"There is too much going on and you have to consider the referee. A lot of these rules are making the job of the referee more difficult, and that’s the last thing we need."
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Despite concerns over the amount of changes being made, the two-time All-Ireland winner is delighted to see the scoring system adapted.
He continued: ‘The four points for the goal and two points for outside the 40 [arc] would definitely benefit our game and make it a better spectacle. Dissent moved from 13 metres to 30 or 50 metres definitely would work in our game, it would stop players trying to slow it up and throwing the ball away.
"You’ll think twice now about committing a foul or trying to slow a game down after a free.
"The last one I would look forward to is the three players inside as well. In theory, the ball should be moving much quicker and [there should be] less congestion back in opposition defences."
There's no doubt that this process won't be linear, but hopefully because the intentions behind it are pure, it will all lead to a successful outcome.
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