Sin bin the way to go, insists Dublin boss Jim Gavin

A long-standing supporter of the sin bin, Jim Gavin has called on the GAA to consider making the black card a temporary punishment for cynical play.

The Dublin manager’s comments comes in the wake of yet another high profile championship game on Saturday in which the referee’s judgement was called into question. Gavin supports the black card in principle and does not wish to see it done away with completely but believes the sin bin is a better option than removing and replacing a player for the remainder of the game.

“I would still be an advocate of the concept of the black card and why it was brought in. It was to eradicate cynical play, body checks, trips, pull-downs and also to give respect to the officials and to the opposing players so I think it has worked well in that context, especially when you had instances in the past where players were going through on goal and being pulled down and took a yellow card for the team.