Replying To Doylerwex:  "Something will have to be done about the championship structure. The gulf between the Leinster champions and the second team in Munster was just enormous today."

Replying To Viking66:  "Thats genuinely a shame Tadg2020. Id of been interested to hear your ideas on getting more games in June."

Replying To Tadhg2020:  "The league finishes on first weekend of April.
Therefore the provincial championship cannot start until the 3rd weekend in April. If you believe that knockout championship games require at least 1 weeks rest between rounds( that's what we have in AI series) then provincial championships need minimum of 5 weeks.The current format takes 7 weeks afaik.
Therefore there is very little space for an AI round robin in any capacity if we stick to the current time frames. I dont think we can but that's a political matter.
Im totally against " getting the provincials out of the way early".
Apart from the significance of them there is the public interest aspect. It just isnt there.
We are talking 1 maybe 2 weekends. In the interest of conversation you could have 3rd v 4th games on the weekend after the provincial finals. The winners would have to play the quarter finals the following week which isnt ideal but they would have had 3 weeks off in the lead into that game. You could play them the weekend of the provincial finals but you gain nothing from that. Its a very tight window with a 3rd sunday in July cut off. Its got to be doen to quarter finals by 3rd weekend in june. Thats the reality and 8 out of 11 being left after 27 games is ridiculous.
Then there is the tv coverage issue. There is no space there either."

Replying To Tadhg2020:  "It pretty much confirms that there isnt a lot wrong with hurling or its structure. It just takes hard work , commitment and determination. Galway used the leinster round robin very well It seems..."

Replying To Tadhg2020:  "The league finishes on first weekend of April.
Therefore the provincial championship cannot start until the 3rd weekend in April. If you believe that knockout championship games require at least 1 weeks rest between rounds( that's what we have in AI series) then provincial championships need minimum of 5 weeks.The current format takes 7 weeks afaik.
Therefore there is very little space for an AI round robin in any capacity if we stick to the current time frames. I dont think we can but that's a political matter.
Im totally against " getting the provincials out of the way early".
Apart from the significance of them there is the public interest aspect. It just isnt there.
We are talking 1 maybe 2 weekends. In the interest of conversation you could have 3rd v 4th games on the weekend after the provincial finals. The winners would have to play the quarter finals the following week which isnt ideal but they would have had 3 weeks off in the lead into that game. You could play them the weekend of the provincial finals but you gain nothing from that. Its a very tight window with a 3rd sunday in July cut off. Its got to be doen to quarter finals by 3rd weekend in june. Thats the reality and 8 out of 11 being left after 27 games is ridiculous.
Then there is the tv coverage issue. There is no space there either."

Replying To Tadhg2020:  "It pretty much confirms that there isnt a lot wrong with hurling or its structure. It just takes hard work , commitment and determination. Galway used the leinster round robin very well It seems..."