2020 proposals put hurling fraternity on yellow alert

At last Tuesday’s Hurling 2020 report launch, committee member Frank Lohan was asked if the double yellow card proposal was effectively saying hurling was twice as clean as Gaelic football.

“No, I don’t think you can say that,” he replied. “It’s just a solution. Does two yellow cards deserve 14 versus 15? Our recommendation is no, it doesn’t. Players should go to the sideline but be replaced.”

That wasn’t how Pat McEnaney interpreted it. The referees chief viewed the proposal to allow players who have incurred two yellow cards to be replaced as encouraging rather than curbing cynicism.