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https://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-games/gaelic-football/secondtier-proposal-suggests-july-finish-to-competition-38250359.html legendzxix (Kerry) - Posts: 7821 - 29/06/2019 15:03:58 2202370 Link 1 |
Also the independent marketing/media/tv coverage is very important It deserves to be highly respected I think it could become a quality product which will be respected. jimbodub (Dublin) - Posts: 20600 - 29/06/2019 16:16:00 2202394 Link 1 |
I think it's very close to being an excellent solution. Whammo86 (Antrim) - Posts: 4207 - 29/06/2019 16:49:55 2202404 Link 6 |
If this proposal passes for next year serious pressure on some so called bigger counties. Unless Derry, Down and Cork in particular qualify for their provincial final they'll be playing in the second tier competition. Also depending on the draw for round 4 this year we could see a team that played in the lower leagues this year (Laois, Westmeath, Offaly) playing super 8's. This may have an impact on those counties voting this through in the Autumn. I like the ideas but the only realistic way to getting this through is vote for a year's grace and start this new competition in 2021 so teams know what's at stake in 2020. There is no chance of Down, Cork, Derry or Tipperary voting this through for 2020. sam1884 (UK) - Posts: 999 - 29/06/2019 17:55:42 2202430 Link 0 |
Looks a bit general to me, Northern and Southern sections? That's very general and based on geography again an historic flaw and lottery in the intercounty system. Why not east and west for example? What about mid point counties, do Dublin and Galway go into the Southern section or the Northern. TheUsername (Dublin) - Posts: 4445 - 29/06/2019 18:22:41 2202442 Link 4 |
Agreed. I'd also suggest the winners get a decent amount of money to fund a team holiday. You have to give players a reason to care.
Jack_Goff (Meath) - Posts: 2920 - 29/06/2019 18:41:45 2202450 Link 6 |
Agreed with that. Going from 28 to just 12 counties entering the qualifiers is a big change. Though to be fair, opening the qualifiers up to all in the first stage was a big move to at the time. The GAA have tried to cut out division 4 teams from the qualifiers a few times. I think the most we'll see will be an eight team Second Championship. To get voted through, the winner will have to be guaranteed a qualifier spot in the following year. legendzxix (Kerry) - Posts: 7821 - 29/06/2019 21:33:10 2202552 Link 0 |
It's a poor idea on the path to elitism. Very disappointing leadership in the GAA at the moment, the DG is the invisible Man and the president is acting as Dublin PRO recently. Thelonesomegoose (Leitrim) - Posts: 204 - 29/06/2019 22:22:49 2202595 Link 2 |
There are some definite issues with it. There are some huge positives though. If they get the scheduling of the league correct I feel that county panels across all the levels can have a stronger, meaningful program of games. It's not just about the championship, there's that link between League, Provincials and Tier 2 all providing pathways to the later stages of the All Ireland. Elevating the importance of the league is a clear win here, they do need to back it up though with better scheduling. Jamming the competition into February and March is not good enough. Whammo86 (Antrim) - Posts: 4207 - 30/06/2019 12:10:44 2202798 Link 6 |
Spot on post, Tier 2 will get a bit of razzmatazz & plenty of bs talk for its first year, then they will be forgotten about. Tier 2 counties will fail to draw potential sponsors, slip off the public radar & fade further into oblivion. They want the Super 8's to become just that, tier 2 competition means that club players in those counties will have even worse fixture schedules also. Like the Super 8's were ill thought out & brought in by a DG retiring & wanting to leave his mark, this is the President wanting to do the same before his term is up. The Dublin PRO bit is spot on & a huge embarrassment for the GAA that someone would so staunchly defend the funding inequity while holding the top position.
moc.dna (Galway) - Posts: 1212 - 30/06/2019 12:42:21 2202816 Link 0 |