GAA Director General Pauric Duffy has hit out at Dublin and Donegal in his annual report.
Duffy said that one of the low points of 2013 came in April during the Donegal v Dublin Allianz Football League game in Ballybofey which saw Donegal's Paddy McBrearty bitten by an opponent.
Duffy claimed that it was a disgusting and shocking incident in itself but what is just as reprehensible is that no one could be held to account for what happened.
Duffy also expressed his hope that players will realize such 'primitive behavior is shameful and dangerous'.
He said: "The Central Competitions Control Committee investigated the matter as thoroughly as possible, but was greatly hindered by the absence of video and other evidence. The CCCC, therefore, was reliant on the integrity of those involved to play their part in ensuring that justice was served. However, no one was proved to have inflicted the bite simply because no one admitted to having done so and because the player who was bitten decided not to attend a hearing on the case. The counties involved may have chosen to deal with this incident solely in terms of their own interests; be that as it may, they did not emerge with any credit and succeeded only in damaging the reputation of the Association."
He also touched on the future of the provincial championships with proposals to divide them into seeded groups of eight teams.
He said: "The numbers fit nicely, but one suspects that it would simply increase the number of one-sided games. Even on a single-league, it would ensure that we have eight matches where a Division 1 team played a Division 4 team and eight matches where a Division 1 team played a Division 3 team. I do not believe that such a structure would eliminate, or even reduce, the number of one-sided games."
But he added that "careful consideration" should be given to the Football Review Committee's proposal that the early round losers from the Ulster and Leinster championship would move to Connacht and Munster.
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Main image: GAA President Liam O'Neill and GAA Director General Páraic Duffy ©INPHO/Morgan Treacy
