THE FOGARTY FORUM: Gavin is right: Black card is no substitute for the sin bin

As early as we are in the inter-county calendar, Jim Gavin is getting a lot right.

Having won the first four of what he hopes will be 15 games across League and Championship this year with one of them being played outside Croke Park, the bookmakers have every right to make them All-Ireland favourites.

But Gavin’s accuracy extends beyond the sideline. Earlier this month, he praised the Football Review Committee’s (FRC) work but emphasised their black card proposal was a second-rate alternative to the sin-bin rule.