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Published 19:48 25 Jun 2017 BST
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"It was my decision to pursue with the CHC to get their opinion on it and we’ve received advice from senior counsel that if this went to arbitration that the case wouldn’t hold. "But Diarmuid didn’t want that to happen, he just wanted to move on in the best interest of the team, that’s what he decided."The Dublin manager was not best pleased with The Sunday Game's coverage of the incident the day after it occurred. "What concerned me was the way (Connolly's) good name was attacked before we even saw the referee's report. "We had the national broadcaster in their post-match review. Both Pat Spillane and Colm O'Rourke, particularly Pat, they had a predetermined statement." https://twitter.com/TheSundayGame/status/871686509404930048?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sportsjoe.ie%2Fgaa%2Fopinion-diarmuid-connolly-received-12-week-ban-leave-126307 Gavin also criticised Sky Sports and was evidently frustrated by how he felt Dublin and Connolly had been treated. "We saw on Sky Sports the rulebook being read out against him," he said. “Supporters have come to me and asked me what is going on and why is this imbalance happening and I’m really kind of struggling to give them a balanced and proportionate answer." "Within 24 hours before the referee’s report was signed off there was, I suppose, not a media campaign but it got a lot of traction in the media and as I said I think his good name and more importantly the right that he has as an individual in the Republic. I think his good name was certainly attacked."
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