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Fri 03 Mar 2007Roe calls for lenient suspension for CaseyGAELIC GAMES/National Football League News:Offaly manager Pat Roe has called for his player Ken Casey to be spared a lengthy suspension for what he described as "a misinterpretation". Roe was commenting on the decision of the Central Competitions Control Committee to uphold Longford's objection to the player's participation in the recent National Football League Division Two A match between the counties and strip Offaly of the point earned in the drawn encounter.Casey had been sent off in an under-21 match and was ineligible to play for the seniors. However, county officials misread new rules in force since January and advised that the player could line out. For playing while ineligible, Casey faces a 24-week suspension under Rule 146 (i).