Monaghan minor hurlers dismayed by unequal treatment after jersey dispute
By Stephen Barry
The Monaghan minor hurling panel have expressed their anger and disappointment at their unequal treatment by the Monaghan County Board.
In a letter to the Board’s chairman that was released online today, the Farney hurlers complained about the uneven distribution of training gear compared to the minor football team, culminating with the hurlers being asked to return their jerseys at the end of the year.
The letter claims that their football peers in the county were allowed to keep their jerseys.
One passage of the statement, issued on the panel’s behalf, read: “Unlike the minor footballers we were given less training gear (two items compared to their six) and told to return our county jerseys after our final competition. To us it seems unfair that one minor team should be looked on more favourably than another.
“We feel it is only fair that we get to keep the jerseys as a just reward for our years (sic) work on the pitch and to say that other teams started earlier or trained more is unjust considering that we started training on the official commencement date.”
The unequal treatment of hurling in predominately football counties has been a bone of contention for years, including in Monaghan.
In 2012 the Monaghan Senior hurlers
