Pat McEnaney says the black card has succeeded in removing cynical play from gaelic football.

Every weekend there are renewed calls for the controversial card to be abolished but former referees chief McEnaney feels it should be retained:

"Has the black card been a success in taking cynical play out of the game like the body check? The answer is 'yes'. Have referees been consistent with the black card? The answer is 'no'. We need to fix that problem," the Corduff man told The Irish Examiner.

"The black card is doing its job but referees are not being consistent enough in applying it. Why get rid of it? It's like the 120km speed limit on the M1. Do we get rid of it because people are breaking it all the time or do we try and implement it consistently?

"If there is something better out there than the black card then let's have it but you can't say the body check hasn't all but gone out of the game. People forget about the amount of it that was going on before the black card. It would be interesting to a survey with forwards like Andy Moran and ask them has the black card been better in eradicating cynical play like the body check."

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