James McCartan has come up with a 'radical' plan to overhaul the Ulster SFC - and generate additional income at the same time.

Speaking to the Irish News, the Mourne County boss proposed a Champions League style format of two groups divided into five and four teams.

"Look, if Ulster wants to be radical, take a step forward yet still retain their Ulster Championship, they could run with a group of five and a group of four - in the group of five everybody gets four games, in the group of four everybody gets three, and there are semi-finals and a final.

"There'd be loads of games, you'd play every week, you don't wait for a month to play your next match.

"It would actually make more room for the clubs if you're playing every week, and more inter-county football for inter-county players."

The additional revenue would be an added bonus for counties, he added, and would greatly assist in upgrading county grounds throughout the province.

"Another reason for that is that our county ground went donkey's years without a home Championship draw - and they can't get the money to do up the place.

"I just think it would make financial sense - you'd be guaranteed at least one home game a year, if not two.

"You'd know, "We're going to get a certain amount of income from that, we can spend it on the ground'. To me, it's win-win-win.

"But look, the next Down manager will have to worry about that," he quipped. Tweet

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