Kieran Donaghy believes the time has come for the GAA to embrace technology in a bid to prevent controversial decisions overshadowing the sport.
The GAA will trial Hawk-Eye score detection technology at Croke Park this summer but as headquarters is the only ground that carries big screens the service will be limited to just one venue.
Donaghy does not agree with the argument that the technology cannot be introduced because it can only be used at Croke Park and he has called on the GAA should use whatever technology they can to eradicate incorrect decisions by match officials.
"The GAA have this kind of thing that, ‘oh, we can’t do it in Croke Park because we can’t do it everywhere else’" Donaghy said.
"I think it is a bit of a way out, to be honest with you. I think every game that is on in Croke Park, they have the advantages of two big screens and you can have a referee sitting where you have a fourth official just putting-up sub boards and that sort of thing.
"He could be doing a bit more, maybe ask him to check out if something was a free or not a free, is it a point or isn’t it, or was it a 45 or not a 45.
"I think in every game in Croke Park, it is that simple, it is that quick. What you eliminate then is fans being upset, referees and umpires getting grief after the game.
"You eliminate it because these guys are making decisions on what they see in live time and live time is not always as easy as we think it is. When we see a replay on the television we tend to go, ‘oh how did he get that wrong?’
"In live time that is a split-second decision, often a guess. It definitely would help and I definitely think it is an option to bring in for every game in Croke Park. Every game in Croke Park is a big game."