Black Card

A COMPREHENSIVE SERIES OF ARTICLES ON THIS TOPIC

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New black card proposals offer players ‘form of redemption’

The standing playing rules committee have amended three of their five proposed changes to Gaelic football.

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Black card calls ‘nearly impossible’, says Eddie Kinsella

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James McCarthy: Sin bin and TMO are the way forward

Sin bin offers referees comfort

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Black card is here to stay, says Aogán Ó Fearghail

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Black cards and hand-pass to be discussed by rules committee

Robbie Kiely is shown a black card by referee David Coldrick 21/8/2016

Dick Clerkin: Here’s how to bin the black card

Few smiles have been raised this summer when the ‘black card’ has come up in conversations, and this column doesn’t aim to change that.

Sat, 08 Oct, 2016

Eugene McGee hits out at Jim McGuinness: ‘If he was that good why didn’t he win a second All-Ireland?’

The argument is over football's black card rule.

Tue, 04 Oct, 2016

Paddy Russell: Sin bin better than black card

Paddy Russell believes there is merit in replacing the black card automatic substitution with a sin-bin penalty.

Wed, 20 Jul, 2016

Mike Quirke: We’ve turned refs into traffic cops without the speed guns

I was at a club game a couple of weeks back where, almost from the throw-in, the referee assumed the role of main protagonist.

Wed, 20 Jul, 2016

Eugene McGee cites ‘extraordinary’ cynicism as black cards on rise

The man who convinced the GAA to implement the black card says it’s “extraordinary” Gaelic footballers are continuing to indulge in cynicism in large numbers.

Tue, 09 Feb, 2016

GAA public needs education on black cards

The lack of competitive games this weekend ensured they passed without any major controversy, even as we get close to the summit of the football season.

Mon, 03 Aug, 2015

Dismiss Tyrone at your peril

Thank God for the Ulster Championship! High intensity warfare packed with so many off-the-ball incidents that no amount of cameramen, never mind referees and officials, could possibly identify the culprits.

Mon, 18 May, 2015

John Bannon: There’s a rule for sledging — use it!

Rule 5.14 of the playing rules of Gaelic football states that to use threatening or provocative language against an opponent is an immediate black card offence.

Mon, 18 May, 2015

Black Card rejected for hurling as one-on-one penalty adopted

GAA Congress delegates have this morning decided not to implement a Black Card for Hurling, but the one-on-one penalty has been adopted.

Sat, 28 Feb, 2015

McQuillan in black card firing line

The GAA have been hit by a second black card controversy in as many weeks after yesterday’s Ulster quarter-final in Derry.

Mon, 26 May, 2014

Gavin: black cards paying dividends

Between them, tomorrow’s semi-finalists Dublin and Cork have picked up just three black cards in 14 games. Mayo and Derry’s total is just the same and Jim Gavin believes the new rule is having its desired effect.

Sat, 12 Apr, 2014