Billy Morgan thinks inter-county managers have too much control over players.

Speaking to the Irish Times after leading UCC to victory over St Mary's in Wednesday night's Sigerson Cup final, the former Cork All-Ireland winning manager and captain stated: “With the leagues starting in January the counties are looking for their players. I do think that inter-county managers effectively taking possession of players for six months means that clubs don’t see them, and no-one sees them, and if they’re not on the team they’re not getting games.

“I think the calendar could be a little more helpful, and county managers a little more understanding of how their players develop by playing Sigerson. Having said that, I do think that Cork and Kerry [whose players made up the bulk of the UCC team] were not too bad this year.

"They helped out where they could.”

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