The ever militant Cork players have livened up the quiet December period by going on strike. The hurling and football panels have joined together in this one in a dispute over the county boards interference in choosing selectors for both the hurling and football managers. The hurling manager Gerald McCarthy and his football counterpart Billy Morgan are apparently none too happy about being told who they must choose as their selectors and the players have responded by declaring a strike. The Cork county board are definitely very controlling and this move to try and control the selectors is probably in response to the current player power times. Equally the Cork players have always been at the forefront of the players rights campaigns and you get the impression they’d go on strike at the drop of a hat. Players should never have a major say in who the managers and selectors are but I guess they’re standing up for their manager’s rights in this one.

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