Gaelic football 'not ready' for hooter - McConville
Monaghan players protested at the end of their Ulster SFC quarter-final defeat by Donegal
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All-Ireland winner Oisin McConville feels it is a "nonsense" that televised games in this season's championship are being played under different rules to those which are not broadcast live.
The clock and hooter system was one of the law alterations brought in by the Football Review Committee for this season but has not been implemented across the board.
"It's only in televised games, which is a nonsense," McConville said on The GAA Social, BBC NI's gaelic games podcast.
"You're talking about the same competition and teams playing to different rules.
"We're in the Championship, we should be playing the same rules.
"We're talking about it for the club game, but if we can't get it right at the very top, it's very, very difficult."
The rule was in use during Monaghan's Ulster SFC quarter-final defeat by Donegal on Sunday but that game ended in controversial circumstances.
The Farney County had a sideline ball as the hooter sounded and believed they would be permitted a final play when behind 0-23 to 0-21.
Instead, referee David Coldrick correctly blew the final whistle.
While both Donegal and Monaghan had played under the hooter in the Allianz League, where it was only in use in the top two divisions, McConville believes its partial implementation contributed to the confusion.
"The biggest problem with the hooter is for a lot of teams, it's very new, the teams down in the lower divisions," added the Wicklow manager.
"The other problem is how visible the clocks are in the stadiums, which is an essential part of using the hooter. I think we haven't nailed that.
"We've gone with a system and a rule change that we're not ready for."
While believing that the hooter is "a brilliant idea" for the future, McConville feels discussions are needed over whether it remains in use this season.
"We're not ready for it. It might be time to sideline it.
"Over the next couple of days they really need to have a strong look at that."