O’Neill backs FRC card plans

GAA president Liam O’Neill has defended the Football Review Committee’s proposal regarding the use of yellow cards which has already attracted criticism from inter-county players and managers.

Donegal manager Jim McGuinness has spoken of his fears that the policy of substituting a player for the rest of the game once he has received a yellow card will be a “disaster” and Mayo’s Alan Dillon voiced similar concerns yesterday.

However, O’Neill responded by saying the details regarding the use of the yellow card and how it is to be implemented have yet to be teased out fully and he expressed his belief that it will be more acceptable once it is presented in a more understandable manner.