Another addition to Ó Sé dynasty
THE introduction of the ‘bonus point’ system in the Six Nations has been the subject of much pub debate over the past few days but it does beg the question as to why the GAA never attempted to trial such a system to promote positivity in the Allianz National League. Given the current hand-wringing over defensive systems and lack of goals being scored in Gaelic football, surely they should look at a way of incentivising attacking teams by rewarding them with bonus points. Overall, it makes much more sense to us than bringing in the mark. IT’S safe to assume the majority of the Kerry squad weren’t looking forward to the long trek north ahead of today’s National League opener in Letterkenny. Paul Geaney may have been an exception, though. Spending last night in a hotel may have meant a good night’s sleep for the first time in a while. Geaney became a father three weeks ago. And young Páidí has plenty of footballing pedigree as Geaney’s partner, Siún, is the daughter of Kingdom legend Páidí Ó Sé. The newest member of the famous Ó Sé clan joined his parents in Dublin this week to launch his late grandfather’s annual club tournament which begins on February 17. ALMOST lost in the fine print of the GAA’s financial report was the player injury summary for 2016. The reason why ‘buttock’ injuries reduced from 14 the previous year to just one will probably forever remain a mystery but there was real cause for concern in terms of knee injuries. The scourge of the cruciate was apparent with knee injuries accounting for 2,243 cases, up 117 on 2015. Adult football accounted for 1,496 of those, the remainder comprising adult hurling (426), youth football (210) and youth hurling (111).