Replying To legendzxix: "GPA survey has it's members in favour of training starting in January, league starting in mid February and everything complete in July. Original split season plan of completing All Ireland club championships in a calendar year has gone out the window. Hypothetically speaking if league from mid February and All Ireland club championship completing in a calendar year were on the agenda: intercounty season would have to run for 5 months from mid February to mid July. Pat Spillane would combust! RTE would be in meltdown! Club season then would have to run from mid July to mid December. Provincial club championships would have to squeeze like sardines."
Wouldn't be too concerned about squeezing Provincial and AI Club Championships. Less than 10% of clubs take part and half of them only play 1 game. Letting the Club AIs spill over to January is fine. Only 24 Clubs partake.
Replying To Seanfan: "Wouldn't be too concerned about squeezing Provincial and AI Club Championships. Less than 10% of clubs take part and half of them only play 1 game. Letting the Club AIs spill over to January is fine. Only 24 Clubs partake."
I wouldn't be too concerned about them either.
Trying to complete them in the calendar year would mean squeezing every other club in the country for the sake of the 24 who make it to an All-Ireland semi-final, or the 12 who make it to a final.
And in fairness, if my own club ever got to that stage, training over Christmas and playing in January wouldn't be a bad "problem" to have. I'd gladly take it if anybody offered it right now!