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Monaghan's Jack McCarron granted permission to join Scotstown

Jan 28, 2023 13:10 By Michael Cooke
Monaghan's Jack McCarron granted permission to join Scotstown
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His current club Currin plan on challenging it at a hearing.

The Monaghan Competitions Controls Committee have granted inter-county star Jack McCarron permission to transfer from Currin to Scotstown.

Currin have been made aware of the decision and plan on challenging it at a hearing.

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It’s believed the move was permitted based on a county by-law which allow members to join a club that they’ve an association with through parentage or guardianship.

McCarron’s father Ray, a two-time Ulster winner with Monaghan, originally played for Scotstown where he won multiple county titles during the 1980s and 1990s.

Monaghan’s by-law 8.5 (b) states that;

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“a member shall be regarded as having an “other relevant connection with a catchment area if it has been demonstrated to the satisfaction of the CCC that a strong family connection i.e. parents/guardians, exists between the player and the club with which the player wishes to become a member.”

Jack McCarron is due to line out for the Farney men in their Allianz football league division one opener against Armagh where throw in is at 6.30pm.

 

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