Rules contradiction put paid to amnesty on cards

Eugene McGee explained the All-Ireland senior football final amnesty on cumulative black and yellow cards was culled because it would have contradicted the permanent match ban motion.

McGee’s Football Review Committee (FRC) are proposing any player who receives either three black cards or three double yellow cards over the course of a season would miss one game. However, they had made special dispensation for the All-Ireland final, a stipulation which received the backing of referees chief Pat McEnaney.

That exception was ruled out when the list of motions for Congress later this month was revealed on Wednesday. When it was realised the motion would contradict the match bans’ proposal, the dispensation was removed.