No call on refs for ‘zero tolerance’

REFEREES were not instructed to adopt a ‘zero tolerance’ approach during the first round of the National Football League according to their spokesman, Fr. Seamus Gardiner.

No call on refs for ‘zero tolerance’

Match officials flashed 41 yellow cards and six reds in three top flight games — Mayo v Kerry, Dublin v Tyrone and Cork v Donegal — leading to a strong rebuke from managers and players.

Fr Gardiner admitted that his committee were trying to distinguish between a deliberate push and an accidental one along with trying to avoid issuing a note (black book) to a player.

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