Jim McGuinness should be serving a 12-week ban this weekend, in my opinion. Such a sanction would carry wide-ranging consequences — not just keeping him off the sideline, but preventing him from taking coaching sessions with the Donegal team. Would that be a just punishment for running onto the pitch and pushing Kerry midfielder Diarmuid O’Connor? Probably not. But does that matter? Not according to the GAA rulebook. The rules are as clear as they can be in situations like the one that followed Micheál Burns’ punch on Ryan McHugh, which saw the Kerryman sent off. Do you want your…

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