Sin-bins may have limitations, says Mulvihill

THE consideration of operating a ‘sin-bin’ across the all levels of the GAA was raised by Director-General Liam Mulvihill yesterday.

While nothing can be decided until annual Congress in April, he wondered if it would be feasible to apply the censure to club matches.

“Operating a sin bin is the kernel of the changes that are proposed for hurling and football but I don’t know that would work at club level, where you don’t have neutral match officials,’’ he said. “And, you won’t have a neutral fourth official (who will control it). If it works out well at inter-county level, we are going to have to address whether it will apply to club level and if so, what the implications would be for the whole club scene.