Former GAA president Sean Kelly has suggested that the recent Special Congress decision to revise the hurling championship format may be open to a legal challenge. Describing the changes as "extraordinary", Kelly added that they are possibly illegal, firstly because Special Congress overturned a decision of annual Congress without that decision ever being implemented and, secondly, because the vote was not representative of Congress. Writing in his weekly newspaper column, he questions whether a decision of annual Congress can be overruled by a special meeting six months later and adds: "The most serious grounds for believing Special Congress last Saturday week was illegal is on the basis of representation. "If Galway or Antrim (who were both opposed to the hurling championship changes) were to appeal the matter on those grounds, they would almost certainly win their case." Tweet

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