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Mon 06 Jun 2007Use of video evidence to aid referees is urgedSaturday's special meeting of the GAA's Central Council agreed a number of recommendations in response to recent disciplinary controversies. There is little new in terms of powers and procedures but two significant initiatives emerged.The first can be construed as a stark message to the Central Competitions Control Committee (CCCC) to exercise its powers under Rule 144. The meeting re-affirmed that the CCCC "may make a written request for clarification from a referee where the committee is in the course of investigating a possible infraction. In that context the CCCC can choose to provide the referee with reliable and unedited video evidence of the possible infraction."