the spillane motive - even if i agree with it to an extent - may be misplaced. Dont forget this match was live on sky that saturday night. They led the bandwagon, the concentrated on it to the exclusion of all else . I think that TSG and spillane espicially, felt that they had to swamp the sky coverage and to set the narrative. He also, as Dessie Dolan said, had 24 hours to get out the rule book and bring his notes in with him. IMO it was more about trumping sky but if pat could push DC into a ban, he was most certainly going to assist as best he could.
the real stinker in all of that was the “addittion” to the referees notes, when they were made, and what prompted it. We all strongly suspect it was Spillanes rant. I’d say those notes are safely incinerated by now.
Dont even start me on former Dublin players on GAA shows. We ahve few enough as it is and one of them, Senan, seesm to treat every slight and nasty jibe by his co-experts on radio or TV as a laugh.