Clifford calls for 50-metre penalty
April 24, 2024
Kerry star David Clifford at SuperValu's launch of the GAA All-Ireland Senior Football Championship and its #CommunityIncludesEveryone campaign. ©INPHO/Dan Sheridan.
David Clifford has identified the 50-metre penalty rule in Aussie Rules as something that could improve Gaelic football as a spectacle.
With the new Football Review Committee in place, the Kerry captain suggested at SuperValu’s launch of the GAA All-Ireland Senior Football Championship yesterday: "The one thing that you see in the Aussie Rules is the 50-metre penalty.
"A players gets a mark and if you step in front of him and try and disrupt him, basically try to slow him down, he gets a 50-metre penalty. So you could go from your own '45 to in front of the goal.
"That should speed things up a bit. Also if there is a quick counter-attack and you get fouled and then if someone tries to disrupt it or slow it down you would get a 50-metre penalty and it could be a guaranteeed score."
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