Call for Dublin transfers to declare for capital
Dublin Chief Executive John Costello has suggested that the county board should be forcing players who transfer to clubs in the capital to declare for Dublin.

Costello will run the idea by delegates at next Monday night's county convention, as he feels that the acceleration in incoming transfers in the county has caused unease and hopes that an introduction of legislation will bring a halt to the influx of high-profile arrivals.

"While some of these transfers are totally natural whereby, for example, a player moves to an area to take up a post as a teacher and then makes the decision to join his local club, there are other transfers which look to be testing both the eligibility laws and the ethos of our games," said Costello.

"Maybe it's time that Dublin introduced their own bye-law that obligated any player who plays club football or hurling in the capital to declare for Dublin. It would be very interesting to see what the implications of such a law would be on 'transfer traffic'."