Louth should get over result

Dear sir - I agree with the Meath footballers' decision not to replay the controversial Lenister Final. What I saw of the incident was an amateur footballer (Joe Sheridan)trying his best to win a first Leinster title for Meath in nine years. What followed after the save from Seamus Kenny's shot on goal was the momentum of the chaos that followed that save carrying Joe Sheridan over the line where, even as a last ditch effort to keep the score legitimate, he tried in vain to kick the ball into the net. Did he cheat ? No. Did he intentionally break the rules ? No. Did he break the rules ? Yes. Should the entire Meath team be punished for a match officials error ? No. The onus falls squarely on the shoulders of the GAA officially on duty on that day and the GAA's own rule book. They are amateur officials who failed to embrace the responsibility that was placed upon them as match officials. That the decision should be placed back on an 'amateur football team' is disgraceful. The lack of direction and advice is really an indictment of the GAA and its rule book. I'll leave the ridiculous ruling that when extra-time is being played that the game is deemed to be a new game and both teams can start with 15 players even if players have been sent of during the first 70 minutes for another day, but if my mind serves me correctly it's a ruling Meath themselves benefit from in the four-in-a-row saga against Dublin in 1991. Did Dublin complain? No. No use pontificating about the scenario of 'IFs'. IF this had happened or IF the referee did this or that the other. IF is the middle word of LIFE. Louth need to take a leaf from the Dubs' book and 'Get Over It' and concentrate on further development of an excellent team. Four years later after the disappointment of defeat of the four-in-a-row saga, Dublin were All-Ireland champions after winning the Leinster Championship four years in a row. Now there's a lesson for Louth to heed. Yours, Mel Devlin, Lucan