Ex-Monaghan hurling manager Mattie Lennon has accused the county board of lacking common sense in the wake of the county's withdrawal from the Allianz League Division 3A final.
Monaghan pulled out of the clash with Fingal after the panel informed the board that they would not be available to play because of unresolved clashes between club football fixtures and their preparations for the final.
A players' statement also said that the board refused to guarantee that they would be given a four-day preparation window before the upcoming Nicky Rackard Cup matches.
Lennon resigned over the same issue on Friday.
Speaking on RTÉ Radio 1’s Sport At Seven, Lennon said: "I assumed that because Monaghan were in the National League final, the matches would have been rescheduled."
According to Lennon, he was supplied with a list of rules and regulations by the board which outlined the reasons the club matches could not be re-scheduled.
He added: "The only rule that they didn’t apply was common sense."
"Anybody in their right mind would not play a match three of four days before a National League final."
Hurling has been the subject of numerous plans and strategies but Lennon is sceptical about the level of commitment that exists in certain areas.
He said: “It begins to make you wonder and think, are people really serious about that or is it just a paper exercise, that people are putting different projects out there?
"To me, there are a lot of people are not really serious about hurling. They want to hide behind the rules and regulations and they don’t want to come out and say that.”
There are still some hopes that the situation can be retrieved, but with the club football schedule set to continue uninterrupted, Lennon is pessimistic about a solution being put in place in time.
He added: “It’s a poor day, a sad day and something Croke Park will have to look at as well.”
