McGeeney calls for positivity
January 13, 2015
Kieran McGeeney. INPHO
Kieran McGeeney has called on the media to be more positive in its portrayal of gaelic football.
The Armagh manager points out that in their haste to generate sensational stories, journalists and headline writers are taking a negative approach:
"Football is going from strength to strength but I think we're the only sport in the world where we play a bit of Eastenders with our own game - that it's miserable and terrible. But I suppose that's more to do with the people commenting on it," the 2002 All-Ireland winning captain says in The Irish News.
"And then you look at hurling and everything is perfect, brilliant, the best sport in the world. I love watching hurling ... I just think we can be a bit more positive about things.
"Unfortunately, positive headlines don't sell, as I saw last week. I was talking to you fellas about the tackling and the next think I read that I don't want any rules!
"All of you carried the headline: 'McGeeney says to play with no rules'. I can't dictate the headlines."
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