Cork officials have rejected rumours that football manager Teddy Holland has offered to resign ahead of tonight's meeting of the county board.
Holland's position remains the main stumbling block in the ongoing and increasingly divisive players' dispute. And with time running out for the county to confirm their participation in the football and hurling leagues, it has been claimed Holland had met with the county board executive last night and volunteered to step aside.
Some 130 club delegates met shortly after 8pm for talks at Pairc Ui Chaoimh tonight, the meeting being held behind closed doors, and it is understood the issue of Holland's resignation remains a live one.
However, Cork PRO Bob Ryan dismissed the story ahead of tonight's meeting, insisting that Holland held no talks with the county executive and would continue to remain in situ.
"I would like to put two rumours doing the rounds to bed," Ryan told the Evening Echo in Cork. "Teddy Holland did not meet with the executive of the county board last night and is not resigning."
The players' strike has seen Cork unable to fulfil their opening hurling and football fixtures. If the hurlers fail to resolve the dispute before Saturday evening's NHL meeting with Dublin they face expulsion from the league and, while the footballers may have slightly more breathing space, their involvement in the NFL seems equally precarious.