Second-tier proposal may require backstop to succeed

The 2020 Munster senior football championship draw, which pits Cork against Kerry in a semi-final, could militate against the proposed second-tier championship at today’s Special Congress in Páírc Uí Chaoimh.

Officials believe if Division 3 Cork and their neighbours had been kept apart— and thereby improved Cork’s hopes of avoiding T2 —the chances of the motion being passed would be greater. There remains quiet confidence in Croke Park that it will be supported but the provincial draw has complicated matters.