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We all know there is problems with the championship format, the weak teams get 2 games then over for the rest of the year while the strong teams will at least make August bank holiday weekend in Croke Park, should the National League and Championship run together like it does with club football in most counties. It would mean that the GAA county season is shorter and more compact and would give clubs more of a chance to have their county players available. There is 7 League games then semi or final that's 7-9 weekends added to that the provincial championships and qualifiers which is at least 2 games so the season for weak teams is around 3 months. For most teams its an advantage rather than waiting 6 weeks between champ games. Start the League May bank holiday weekend and have all 7 games played before August bank holiday weekend as well as the provincial championships so by August bank holiday we should know the AllIreland quarter finalists as well as the National League finalists in each of the 4 divisions, what do people think? riverboys (Mayo) - Posts: 1389 - 25/04/2015 20:31:13 1717439 Link 0 |
Don't think it'd work. cavanman47 (Cavan) - Posts: 4974 - 25/04/2015 20:47:47 1717445 Link 0 |
They tried this before with the hurling, back in 1997 I believe, they played the league through the summer. The idea had promise, but the reality was that come championship, no-one cared about the league. As I recall, it struggled to finish up, the final was eventually played in October. Marlon_JD (Tipperary) - Posts: 1823 - 25/04/2015 21:10:08 1717453 Link 0 |
Yeh I tend to agree, the league games would become training matches for the Championship ones. In fairness to the league, a competition to which I never gave much credence, seems to taken a little more seriously these days so to retain interest they should be left alone, for now. realdub (Dublin) - Posts: 8571 - 25/04/2015 21:33:58 1717465 Link 0 |
You could have the compact schedule but keep the championship sepadafe from the league - the is something special about the bite of knockout, even omahant (USA) - Posts: 2531 - 26/04/2015 15:26:48 1717565 Link 0 |
The national football league semi-finals are a waste of time. legendzxix (Kerry) - Posts: 7754 - 26/04/2015 21:52:25 1717756 Link 0 |
In 1997 the NHL was run in parallel with the All-Ireland championship. slayer (Limerick) - Posts: 6480 - 28/04/2015 15:30:03 1718553 Link 0 |
It didn't work in hurling so it wont work in football either. tirawleybaron (Mayo) - Posts: 1091 - 28/04/2015 17:00:20 1718615 Link 0 |
tirawleybaron slayer (Limerick) - Posts: 6480 - 28/04/2015 17:04:59 1718618 Link 0 |