Limerick football faced with new, welcome dilemma

Almost four years on from a broadside against the county board, Billy Lee is still driving the bus, the class of 2022 sitting pretty atop the Division 3 table.

5 January 2022; Hugh Bourke of Limerick in action against Paul O'Shea of Kerry during the McGrath Cup Group B match between Kerry and Limerick at Austin Stack Park in Tralee, Kerry. Photo by Brendan Moran/Sportsfile

It seems like a lifetime ago now - Billy Lee’s revelation that 53 players rebuffed an invitation to join the Limerick football panel during one incredibly long and frustrating off-season.

The year was 2018, the Treaty manager outlining the jaw-dropping scale of indifference towards the county panel in the run-up to their Munster championship opener against Clare.