Black card now a reality

GAA director general Páraic Duffy admits the association face a major challenge to prepare for the introduction of the black card in 2014 — but remains convinced it will be for the betterment of Gaelic football.

In an astonishing turn of events in Derry on Saturday, almost 71% of delegates voted in favour of the Football Review Committee’s (FRC) proposal.

Duffy, as well as GAA president Liam O’Neill and FRC chairman Eugene McGee, admitted the influence of the speakers’arguments for the motion swung the vote.