The GAA has launched a ‘Respect the Referee Day,’ with President Larry McCarthy claiming the treatment of match officials has “cast a shadow over the entire association.”
‘Referee Respect Day’ will take place on the weekend of October 22/23 with a serious of promotional ads set to be released in the coming days.
It comes in the wake of disciplinary incidents involving referees across several counties, including Wexford, Kerry, Waterford and Roscommon. GAA chiefs are set to bring forward new disciplinary measures to next year’s Congress.
