There has been no further news from Cork this evening after the senior football and hurling player representatives sought more time and clarification before deciding on the proposal of binding arbitration put forward by the Labour Relations Commission chief executive Kieran Mulvey.
The lack of news comes in light of the Cork County Board agreeing to the option of binding arbitration on Tuesday night in the hope of bringing the protracted impasse to an end. Before agreeing or rejecting what's on the table, the player representatives simply asked for more time.
After last night's meeting broke up without resolution, the representatives met again today with Mulvey in the hope of reaching a decision.
Indications are that the GAA will give them further scope, at least until tomorrow, before seeking an answer about participation in this weekend's National Football and Hurling League.
"The players will understandably want to consider this in detail before responding as it did come largely out of the blue," said Mulvey. "They need time but of course there is a certain urgency to the matter."
Before anybody can begin a process of binding arbitration some ground rules must be laid out, while an arbiter (potentially Mulvey) needs to know whatever decision he arrives at is final.
The footballers' match against Dublin on Saturday night and the visit of the Waterford hurlers to Páirc Uí Chaoimh still look likely to be cancelled. If Cork do not field teams they will have waived two games, thereby incurring automatic disqualification from the national league.
While the most recent impasse deepens the dispute, it also seems some wriggle room is being afforded the 12 under-pressure player representatives. Communication between them and the county executive has completely dissolved.
Binding arbitration was included in Mulvey's initial mediation document but only as a last resort if discussions were otherwise exhausted.