Masterson asked to apologise to Fahy or face ban

wixfjord

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What an absolute load of bollocks.
This is a pure joke. Whatever your thoughts on the decision, correct or incorrect, it was badly handled and Masterson had a right to be very angry.
He spoke eloquently, and intelligently, and truthfully, and now this.

It seems the GAA never even contacted Wexford over the whole debacle, and only got in touch demanding an apology from Masterson.

****ing typical GAA crap, shove a microphone into someone's face 5 mins after a horror show, and expect them to give banal platitudes about the other side.
:mad:

Interestingly, none of the guys who used Twitter to vent, (to a much worse extent) have been called up.

WEXFORD football goalkeeper Anthony Masterson is set to apologise to referee Derek Fahy after being threatened with an eight-week ban for his recent critical outburst against the Longford official.

The Slaneysiders' netminder has been ordered by the GAA to apologise in writing for his post-match comments or else face a swingeing suspension that would put him out of club football action for two months.

The player confirmed last night that he will be submitting a written apology to the Central Competitions Control Committee (CCCC) in the coming days, as requested, and just wants to put the incident behind him.

But the action taken against him is unprecedented in recent GAA history.

It is understood that Masterson has been cited under Rule 7.2 (e), which governs 'misconduct considered to have discredited the association'.

This has been used on rare occasions against managers who have been particularly outspoken about referees, and it is extremely unusual to implement it against a player.

Masterson's emotions got the better of him in the highly charged aftermath of losing to Limerick in the All-Ireland qualifiers two weeks ago.

He was highly critical of Fahy in post-match interviews for awarding the winning score (an Ian Ryan pointed free) to Limerick deep into stoppage-time and failing to take into account that one of his umpires clearly indicated that he thought it was wide. Television replays were inconclusive.

But Wexford were furious that Fahy did not err on the side of caution and just let the game go to extra-time.

The GAA's dramatic reaction to Masterson's comments is not only unprecedented but has also highlighted an anomaly, because several of his Wexford team-mates have lashed out at Fahy via Twitter. But the GAA has no official rules that cover comments made on Twitter or other social media sites.

Wexford's goalkeeper appears to have been singled out for disciplinary action because he was the only one directly quoted in the national media, including television and radio.

The Irish Independent understands that the only communication Wexford have received about the highly controversial incident was a letter demanding an apology from Masterson.

Wexford County Board would not comment last night, but it is believed they will help Masterson draft the apology and hope this brings the controversy to a close.

dedamcd

I completly agree. He is being forced to apologise or else face an 8 week ban!! Its actually hilarious.. Im sure it will be heartfelt apology NOT!

Claonadh1

What a joke. The GAA is rapidly becoming a laughing stock.

Mountainlad

I wish referees would apologise. I mean surely they can see themselves when they've made an error that has had a bearing on a game.

It seems that only in the most extreme cases it is that this happens. I genuinely believe I ref would gain more respect from apologising publicly than hiding behind officials and assesors who attempt to justify their decisions.

hardybuck

This is some joke. The GAA would be better off keeping their heads down with all the refereeing blunders recently.

Masterson should try and copy Fr.Jack here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSHaCzb3yYk

ollaetta

I'd love to see him refuse to do so. I don't know what his club situation is or how many matches he'd miss in the eight weeks but it would nearly be worth it to put it up to the b*st*rds.

ArmaniJeanss

Should obviously apologise like this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSHaCzb3yYk

teednab-el

The GAA are a joke, too many refereeing/umpire decisions going wrong in last years and this years championship and yet they fail to look into video ref as a new alternative to ensure these mistakes dont happen again.

Masterson should apologise by giving the finger to the GAA and tell them to go fcuk themselves, he would get more respect.

flahavaj

He should tell them to go f*ck themselves and go play ball in the States for the summer. He did nothing wrong.

premierstone

While I agree with the general feeling here that Masterson is esentially been blackmailed and it is a joke, I dont agree with the inference throughout the thread that Fahey made a mistake, I have yet to see any proof that he got the call wrong.

bruschi

premierstone wrote: »

While I agree with the general feeling here that Masterson is esentially been blackmailed and it is a joke, I dont agree with the inference throughout the thread that Fahey made a mistake, I have yet to see any proof that he got the call wrong.

there was more to Faheys performance than that last call. and in any case, the way he handled it was shocking.

Damokc

flahavaj wrote: »

He should tell them to go f*ck themselves and go play ball in the States for the summer. He did nothing wrong.

and get an off the ball belt from some ****ing monkey J1 footballer and ruin his life.

hardybuck

Damokc wrote: »

and get an off the ball belt from some ****ing monkey J1 footballer and ruin his life.

Its actually normally the other way around. The J1 students get the belts off the slower home based players, many of whom are playing as they are need to start 5 of them. The home based lads are always eager to show the newbies how tough they are over there.

Masterson will probably be forced into a corner here and apologise for the sake of his club, who are normally challenging for titles in Wexford I think?

Damokc

hardybuck wrote: »

Its actually normally the other way around. The J1 students get the belts off the slower home based players, many of whom are playing as they are need to start 5 of them. The home based lads are always eager to show the newbies how tough they are over there.

Masterson will probably be forced into a corner here and apologise for the sake of his club, who are normally challenging for titles in Wexford I think?

ya your probably right there but there are also the players that go over from what would be considered smaller GAA counties who try the same thing,

getting back on topic though, your right that he will be forced into a corner here. if he doesn't apologise it will be unfair on his club again who have probably already have had to play without him. where im from our senior championship is likely to be put back if our county minors win this weekend.utter rubbish.

dedamcd

Appologies for being off topic but your j1 comment reminded me to see how Mark McGovern was. http://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/championship/2011/0803/fermanagh_club_sanfrancisco.html Looks like he's showing signs of recovery which is fantastic.

Back on topic, players cant now rant away about refs on twitter and nothing can be done about it!

blackbelt

Mountainlad wrote: »

I wish referees would apologise. I mean surely they can see themselves when they've made an error that has had a bearing on a game.

It seems that only in the most extreme cases it is that this happens. I genuinely believe I ref would gain more respect from apologising publicly than hiding behind officials and assesors who attempt to justify their decisions.

I feel sorry for the referee actually and I do feel sorry for Wexford but my gripe is with the umpires.It was quite clear that on two occasions they couldn't agree whether it was a point or not.The Sunday game clearly showed Fahy got the first one absolutely right even though the umpire on the right hand side signalled wide. He had made his mind up about the second incident and was visably unhappy with the umpires.

Masterson should be directing his anger at the umpires and not Derek Fahy I feel but I think it is a joke that the GAA are forcing an apology.

wixfjord

blackbelt wrote: »

I feel sorry for the referee actually and I do feel sorry for Wexford but my gripe is with the umpires.It was quite clear that on two occasions they couldn't agree whether it was a point or not.The Sunday game clearly showed Fahy got the first one absolutely right even though the umpire on the right hand side signalled wide. He had made his mind up about the second incident and was visably unhappy with the umpires.

Masterson should be directing his anger at the umpires and not Derek Fahy I feel but I think it is a joke that the GAA are forcing an apology.

As has been said, there was far, far, far, more that the Wexford players are angry about, other than that point. The whole performance was dire.

homerjay2005

flahavaj wrote: »

He should tell them to go f*ck themselves and go play ball in the States for the summer. He did nothing wrong.

they are probably taking a leaf ouf of soccers book here...look at fergies 5 game ban last season, the 2 game ban carlton cole got on twitter and the 10k fine that babel got, so in the context of thing, apologising is not the worst. i saw his interview and didnt think it was that bad, but in the soccer world, he would get in trouble, probably the same in rugby.

thing is, if a kerry player had said it, they'd get a 2 months ban and not be allowed to apologise.

teednab-el

homerjay2005 wrote: »

thing is, if a kerry player had said it, they'd get a 2 months ban and not be allowed to apologise.

Ah here we go again blah blah blah, The GAA are out to get Kerry nonsense again.

bruschi

homerjay2005 wrote: »

thing is, if a kerry player had said it, they'd get a 2 months ban and not be allowed to apologise.

if it was anyone from a bigger county nothing would be done about it. it never is. this is the first time its happened, and in fairness, its an on going thing. what I dont get is why are they throwing the threat of a ban out. why didnt they just reprimand him, stat that, and let that be the bench mark of not saying over the top things in interviews again.

castletownman

ollaetta wrote: »

I'd love to see him refuse to do so. I don't know what his club situation is or how many matches he'd miss in the eight weeks but it would nearly be worth it to put it up to the b*st*rds.

Well has his club-mate I know for one how much he values his club and should he NOT apologise he'll be suspend for the latter stages of the championship, should we get there (a win away from doing so). Yes it is a joke that the GAA has taken precedent, but it shows the character of the man that he's willing to do so for the sake of the club.