Ciaran Donaghy was quite rightly punished this week for making a gesture at Mayo fans during the recent National League game.
I have some sympathy for the Kerry full forward as he had been targeted by fans throwing missiles twice during the game, the second occasion when he spurned a last-minute chance to get a point for the Kingdom.
However, players do have a responsibility to maintain their discipline in the face of provocation from the terraces and Donaghy can't complain about the one-match ban.
But it's not just players who have a responsibility when it comes to discipline.
If it's true that a member of the Dublin backroom team head butted Monaghan's Thomas Freeman as he left the field on Sunday then that individual should not be allowed inside a ground again for a long time to come.
No player should be attacked in this fashion and I would hope that the Dublin management or officials will move immediately to hang this individual out to dry if it's true.
There can be no cover up around this as it would condone what is a despicable action and the Dublin County Board should move to tackle this before it even gets to Central Council.
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