GAA officials are anxiously awaiting the referee's report from last weekend's match between Monaghan and Kerry as another disciplinary controversy threatens to overshadow this season's Allianz Football League.
With the 'Battle of Omagh' debacle still hanging over Croke Park, reports of an alleged assault on a match umpire at the end of Sunday's match in Scotstown will have done little to lighten the mood.
The umpire is understood to have been attacked by a member of the Monaghan backroom team as the players and officials made their way from the field of play after Kerry kicked the winning point two minutes into stoppage time.
It remains to be seen whether the incident was included in referee Cormac Reilly's report which will not be submitted to Corke Park until tomorrow. If the attack was noted, and the culprit identified, a lengthy ban is on the cards with GAA president Sean Kelly adamant that "any interference with a match official is the ultimate sin in terms of offences".
"It will be dealt with in that light," Kelly told this morning's Metro Ireland.
The Monaghan County Board have already indicated they will hold their own investigation into the incident.