17 March 2012
The Farney County were originally charged with 'Disruptive conduct of their players' due to a melee in their home game against Kildare. They were hit with a proposed €5,000 fine by the CCCC which they decided to appeal.
The CHC changed the penalty to forfeiture of home advantage of their game against Louth. The Central Appeals Committee upheld that penalty but the DRA then overturned it, and told the CHC to process the original appeal once more.
That allowed Monaghan to host Louth in Clones last weekend, but the CHC met yesterday and imposed a new penalty on the county, that they must play their next scheduled home Allianz FL game at a neutral venue.
Monaghan were due to play Galway in Inniskeen on 25 March, but if the new penalty sticks, then the game will go ahead at a neutral venue.
Monaghan were notified of the reconvened CHC meeting but did not attend and neither did they avail of the facility offered to attend by way of telephone-conferencing.
They can once more appeal the decision through the Central Appeals Committee and if that fails, then go to the DRA once more.
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The GAA's Central Competition Controls Committee (CCCC) meet today to decide which neutral venue Monaghan's 'home' match with Galway will be played at on Sunday.
ReplyDeleteIt follows the Central Hearings Committee's (CHC) rehearing of the case last Friday night, when they ruled that Monaghan's next match should be played at a neutral venue for their part in a scuffle against Kildare in February.
The rehearing came on foot of a Disputes Resolution Authority (DRA) judgment on Monaghan's loss of home advantage for the game against Louth.
The DRA found that CHC had "usurped the expressly reserved scheduling and fixture role of the CCCC with respect to the National Football League".
The arbitration body gave a list of potential penalties that future CHCs should look at and among them was the playing of games at neutral venues as punishment.
However, it could be construed that by ordering a neutral venue the CHC are still "usurping" CCCC's role in much the same manner without giving prior notice of such a penalty being applied.
Monaghan have already indicated that they will appeal the decision and are perplexed that the CHC went ahead with the rehearing in their absence on Friday night.
The original Thursday night date was postponed at the CHC's request. The offer of a telephone conference call was turned down by Monaghan, according to a CHC statement over the weekend.
Monaghan manager Eamonn McEneaney admitted there is growing frustration in the county at the prolonged nature of this case.
"I think someone is trying to prove a point here at our expense," he said. "As management and players we have to get on with the business of preparing for Galway on Sunday and we're doing that."
The CCCC are likely to fix the game for either Kingspan Breffni Park in Cavan or Glennon Brothers Pearse Park in Longford, both of which are free from inter-county fixtures on Sunday afternoon.
"The bottom line is that if this ruling goes ahead we will have five away games and just two at home. It is most unfair," McEneaney added.
http://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-football/mceneaney-blasts-drawnout-venue-decision-3054731.html
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ReplyDeleteMonaghan to escape their punishment like everyone else !
ReplyDeleteTHE strange case concerning Monaghan and their latest eviction from home is baffling. It has left them feeling very aggrieved that after working through the GAA's disciplinary channels and appearing to have been vindicated, they find themselves back at base camp with a sentence they thought they had beaten.
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Monaghan manager Eamonn McEneaney has once again expressed his annoyance at the way the GAA have handled the matter.
ReplyDelete“We’re back to two games at home and five away, even though it’s not away in their (Galway’s) ground,” he said.
“It’s still an away match for us. The balance of the league is now affected but at the minute it’s in Longford and we’re getting ready to play. At this stage, I can’t be distracted.
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