With the end of the cork dispute (enough said on that one), it was decided by the hierarchy of the GAA that Cork should forfeit the Allianz National League points to the opponents that they failed to meet in the first two rounds of the Leagues, Meath and Dublin in football and Kilkenny and Waterford in hurling. To me that's a copout -the decision was taken earlier that if 2 consecutive games were to be missed then you were thrown out of league and relegated.
Cork have also been fined €400 per game unfulfilled - WOW what a deterrant!!
Then low and behold Kilkenny offered to play their game with Cork - this was subsequently rejected by the GAA - and rightly so.
So why did KK do this?
1. They felt sorry for poor Cork?
2. They were hungry for some gate receipts?
3. GAA President and KK man Nicky Brennan, bowing to pressure from powerful Cork, pushed the KK county board into it?
4. It was all Cody's idea - not to give Cork any psychological edge in the KK attempt at the 3 in a row year?
I'd have to go for the last one myself!!
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