It’s getting silly now. No, we don’t mean the administration of the black card in championship games. Joe McQuillan has shown himself like David Coldrick to be quite the human. Boo. Shame on him.

The GPA are increasing their efforts to assist members deal with the pressure and demands of being a modern inter-county player.

Some might say it was a curse. Before David Coldrick there was Kevin Walsh.

If you can, try to put your championship expectations aside for one second and consider it’s Central Council time again on Saturday week.

Doing the rounds on the internet at the moment is a hilarious caricature of a bandwagon Dublin supporter standing on Hill 16.

There has been no shortage of sympathy for Limerick hurling in this column.

This writer was nine years old when 96 lives were lost in Hillsborough this day in 1989.

From next month to September, 45 Championship games will be shown live on TV.

Don’t tell us that you didn’t see it coming. The Sky kites have been floating high for quite some time now, going back to Liam O’Neill’s first weekend in office in April 2012.

We’re easily pleased, it seems. Easily blinded too. Give us entertainment and we’ll gladly call it quality.