Dublin and Tyrone's anxious wait in relation to last weekend's controversial NFL match is set to go on until the beginning of next week.

Although the Central Disciplinary Committee are meeting all day tomorrow to decide what charges to level in respect of the disorderly scenes that marred Dublin's success, the counties aren't expecting to hear word on the identity of the players to be summoned until Monday or Tuesday.

"I would expect we won't receive word until then," said Dublin chief executive John Costello, "and I would imagine the hearings won't take place until the following Saturday."

The practical effect of this delay is that any players who eventually receive suspensions and play this weekend will serve later-running suspensions, as any bans run from the date of the previous match played.

It doesn't make a huge difference because the next two weeks are given over to the opening rounds of the National Hurling League, but both managements would presumably prefer the option of being able to hold back any players affected and have them back for the latter stages of the competition.

There was some surprise at yesterday's announcement by the GAA, concerning Wednesday's CDC meeting: "At a meeting of the GAA's Central Disciplinary Committee Colin Holmes of Tyrone was noted as being suspended for four weeks from the date of Sunday's Allianz National Football League game at Healy Park, Omagh, having received a straight red card. Stephen O'Neill (Tyrone) and Dublin players Alan Brogan and Denis Bastic were noted as being suspended for the remainder of the game having each received two yellow cards. The CDC confirmed that deliberations on other aspects of the game are ongoing."

Many observers at Omagh last Sunday believed Brogan had been issued with a straight red card for a foul on Ciarán Gourley. Television recordings don't confirm this, as they didn't capture the actual exchange between Brogan and referee Paddy Russell, who in his report settled the matter by stating the Dublin player was dismissed for a second yellow card.

As a result of the prevailing consensus, Dublin had announced their intention to appeal Brogan's expected suspension and Paul Caffrey hadn't picked him for Sunday's match against Monaghan, although a niggling leg injury might have kept him out in any event.

At Wednesday's meeting, a sub-committee of three CDC members was appointed to review the video evidence and report back to the committee tomorrow.

After they have presented their findings, the sub-committee will step aside while the rest of the CDC decide what charges, if any, to pursue.

The whole question of video evidence was discussed in the light of last summer's case concerning Tyrone's Ryan McMenamin, whose suspension was overturned by the Disputes Resolution Authority.

That DRA ruling has underlined the need for the CDC to proceed cautiously in relation to suspensions based on video evidence.

Rule 149 (c) of the Official Guide states: "The Committee or Council in Charge may have recourse to video evidence at its discretion, but it shall not be used in relation to the result of a game."

But that power was qualified by the McMenamin case, where the upward revision of a yellow card to a red was overruled and cast a shadow over video evidence, at least in the minds of the CDC.

"We have to look at that," said CDC chair Con Hogan earlier this week. "Our understanding is that an incident dealt with by the referee can't be revisited. But we need clear advice.

"There's also the question of when a referee dealt with an incident, was there part of it that he didn't see."

Ultimately the committee has taken the view it is free to use video evidence in relation to incidents not specifically dealt with by the referee.

This power is actually clearly given under the terms of the DRA decision last August, which stated: "It is accepted that video evidence may be admissible to exonerate a player of an offence. Natural justice requires this. Further, it is clear that video evidence is admissible in relation to an incident that the referee has not seen or reported on."

The video evidence to be considered will be based on the TG4 match broadcast although the sub-committee will have access to all camera angles of the coverage.

WESTMEATH (SF v Tipperary): G Connaughton; J Davitt, M Ennis, J Keane; D McDermott, D Healy, G Dillon; D Duffy, R O'Connell; J Nugent, D Glennon, P Bannon; A Mangan, PJ Ward, D Dolan (capt).

KILDARE (SF v Down): E Murphy; A McLoughlin, K O'Neill, J Lonergan; A Rainbow, G Ryan, D Lyons; D Earley, M Foley; D Jordan, D McCormack, J Doyle; P Brennan, A Kelly, E Callaghan.