Edwin McGreal
APPROXIMATELY 30 players from the Mayo Senior Football team attended a scheduled review meeting with Mayo GAA Board officials at MacHale Park, Castlebar tonight (Thursday).
The Mayo News understands that they spoke with Board officials for approximately ten minutes before leaving, and they had no comment to make when exiting.
It was expected that the players would be represented by just their two player reps, 2015 captain Keith Higgins and vice-captain Cillian O'Connor.
However, the large turn out appears to be a show of strength from the players, a large majority of whom passed a motion of no confidence in current joint-managers Pat Holmes and Noel Connelly 12 days ago.
This was relayed to the management by Keith Higgins and Cillian O'Connor at a meeting on Sunday night last. The story broke in two publications on Tuesday morning, including The Mayo News.
The Mayo GAA County Board held an emergency Executive meeting last night (Wednesday) to discuss the impasse.It is understood that their representatives at tonight's talks included Chairman Mike Connelly and Secretary Vincent Neary.
There has been no official statement as of yet from the players, the County Board or the management since the story broke on Tuesday morning.
The Mayo News understands that among the players who did not attend were some of the Dublin-based players along with Ballina duo Ger Cafferkey and Evan Regan, both of whom are out of the country.The issue is expected to be discussed again at an Executive meeting of the Mayo GAA Board this coming weekend.
