Ref’s red call on Collins correct

Looking at the World Cup quarter-finals in the last few days, it would be fair to say Spanish referee Carlos Velasco Carballo and his colleagues made more mistakes than the GAA match officials this past weekend.

There have been calls of late for referees to be made professional in inter-county Gaelic games. I’ve always maintained paying referees won’t make the accuracy of decisions any better.

What’s required is money, yes, but inject it into better training of referees.