Cork will ‘grace’ the rest of the country with their presence in the National Football League this Sunday following the much-publicised players’ strike.
New manager Conor Counihan has delayed naming his first team since he took over from Teddy Holland but he will be missing the services of the Nemo Rangers players following their weekend success over Ballina Stephenites in the semi final of the All-Ireland club championship.
Cork have already forfeited the points from their first two games when they failed to field.
The decision to allow the Cork footballers and hurlers to compete at all after missing their first two games will become a major bone of contention when the points conceded on those occasions have a bearing later in the season on relegation issues.
Antrim in particular may have every reason to feel sore about headquarters’ failure to put Cork out of the leagues as they play the Rebels in a last round league game when the points gifted by Cork in the early rounds could make the difference between Antrim surviving in the top flight or going down.
This should never have been allowed to happen as the Rebels should have been gassed and it will be one to watch if a county other than the northerners fall on their sword on a points difference determined by the early season walk overs.
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