I don't profess to know all the details of this but I guess that under the constitution of the Cork County board, democratically elected by the clubs at their annual county convention, the selectors for the county teams are elected/nominated by the Board.
If that is the case, players who make themselves available for selection do so knowing that is the set-up. If they don't like it, then they have the choice of not making themselves available at all or playing on but looking at changing the system through their own clubs and the constitution of the County Board.
Similarly, if someone puts themselves up for selection as the team manager, they do so knowing their selectors are elected/nominated by the County Board. If they don't want to work under that system, then similar to the players they have the choice of not putting themselves forward in the first place or taking on the job and looking at changing the system through their own clubs and the constitution of the County Board. I assume Teddy Holland took on the job knowing the conditions.
If the players don't want to play for Teddy Holland or any other manager, then they are under no contractual obligation to do so and should just clear off.
I am sure I read somewhere that football squad, speaking through a spokesman insisted that they would not line out for the county until Holland resigned because they believe he was wrongly appointed while the squad was still on strike. Who the fu*k do they think they are?
Interestingly enough although they were on strike, they still made themselves available for the trip to South America, an event I assume was organised and paid for by the same County Board they are striking against. Sheer hypocrisy
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