Today sees the publication of proposals the GAA hope will clear up a range of disciplinary problems. A committee was established by association president Seán McCague in the wake of a number of controversies that erupted last summer.

Intended to review rules and disciplinary decisions made in 2002, anomalies in the suspension system and the implications of certain court cases, the report will suggest solutions in all of these areas.

The committee - Frank Burke (Galway chairman), Dan McCartan (National Referees' Committee chairman), Frank Murphy (Cork secretary), James Nallen (Mayo footballer) and Paraic Duffy (Games Administration Committee chairman) - held 10 meetings. The committee has got through a large amount of work and will present its findings at next month's annual congress in Belfast.

Among the matters to be addressed will be the situation governing red cards. Last August McCague ruled that these could not be rescinded by a referee changing his mind after the Kerry board allowed county captain Darragh Ó Sé to play in the All-Ireland semi-final against Cork despite receiving a straight red card in a club match. That led to a court case involving a Tipperary minor hurler who had been suspended under the McCague ruling.

The most obvious anomaly in the suspension system is the time ban - as opposed to match suspension - which allows a player sent off in an All-Ireland semi-final to play in the final whereas another player suspended for the same offence but in the second semi-final would be suspended.

Other matters for consideration include the definition of a home club plus various issues that led to court hearings for clubs in Galway, Donegal and Dublin.