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There is no way I could see the merging of county boards lasting anymore that to the first county board meeting, it just wouldn't work, rivalry comes to mind, traditions, history, and all of that. To include club championship in addition to county teams, unworkable in my opinion. supersub15 (Carlow) - Posts: 2907 - 14/05/2021 17:01:17 2341723 Link 2 |
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Yeah I agree, it's very highly unlikely to happen.
Whammo86 (Antrim) - Posts: 4208 - 14/05/2021 17:22:52 2341728 Link 6 |
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Time to scrap the outdated inter county set up and put together a fresh modern properly ran competition which gives every good player a chance of playing and competing in front a packed Croke Park whether you were born in Leitrim , Carlow or Dublin. Too many old fashioned people in the GAA married to the past and terrified of their shadows, never mind radical changes. AfricanGael (UK) - Posts: 1947 - 14/05/2021 17:40:59 2341734 Link 2 |
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Isnt that getting away from the central GAA ethos of parish and county?
Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 11730 - 14/05/2021 18:54:00 2341739 Link 0 |
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Most good players I know wouldn't want to play for another parish or county.
Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 11730 - 14/05/2021 18:55:15 2341740 Link 2 |
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Well when me and you agree on something it must be bloody true.
Galway9801 (Galway) - Posts: 1698 - 14/05/2021 18:58:41 2341741 Link 2 |
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Most good players I know want to play on the biggest stage, and deserve to play on the highest stage and have a realistic chance of winning some meaningful silverware. I'm not talking about playing with another county, that issue wouldn't arise if the whole inter-county system was scrapped.
AfricanGael (UK) - Posts: 1947 - 14/05/2021 19:52:01 2341753 Link 0 |
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I don't really know if that is the central ethos. I do think it's a very strong established tradition and wouldn't be lightly given up. The only way I could see it working is 2 neighbouring counties without much of a rivalry came together and subsequently had a bit of success. I don't actually think this should happen, it's just a potential option to change things up. Whammo86 (Antrim) - Posts: 4208 - 14/05/2021 20:48:03 2341768 Link 7 |
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When demographics change, the structure needs to also change, or ultimately die a slow death.
AfricanGael (UK) - Posts: 1947 - 14/05/2021 21:00:03 2341770 Link 0 |
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Through time everything has evolved and change is or has / is happening, gaelic games must change too, but only with overall consent, In my own view I see it that the most successful part of the gaa is from the club scene, the intercounty scene was built on the continued success of the club's and what they represent. I can only imagine what the arguments would be if intercounty games was put on indefinite pause and overall freedom given to the clubs. Scallioneater (Carlow) - Posts: 293 - 14/05/2021 21:43:09 2341786 Link 0 |
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Most good players I know want to play on the biggest stage, and deserve to play on the highest stage and have a realistic chance of winning some meaningful silverware. I'm not talking about playing with another county, that issue wouldn't arise if the whole inter-county system was scrapped. "]So what are you talking? Franchises? Or superclubs in the big cities?
Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 11730 - 14/05/2021 21:52:59 2341787 Link 0 |
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There is a lot to what you are saying. In reality there is only 8 teams in hurling that are competitive with each other. That leaves a lot of top class hurlers who never get to play at a level they are capable of. I don't know what the structure should be but believe that the number of competitive teams could be doubled and not necessary judged on ALL Irelands alone.
Canuck (Waterford) - Posts: 2655 - 14/05/2021 22:13:06 2341791 Link 0 |
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It would only work if all counties were part of a new regional team. Also, each region would need to be a mix of strong and weak counties so the regions would be competitive. I have posted the below a few times (as I keep fiddling with the schedule and expected final placings) - Inter-Regional AI League Championship of say, only 10 teams to better 'level the playing field' and keep everyone interested: Uls 3 regions (3 counties in each) West (UW) = Done, Derry, Tyr South (US) = Ferm, Cav, Mona East (UE) = Ant, Arm, Down. Muns 2 regions (3 counties in each) West (MW) = Kerr, Clar, Lime East (ME) = Cork, Tipp, Wat. Conn 2 regions (3 counties in each, incl Lond) North (CN) = Mayo, Slig, Leit South (CS) = Galw, Rosc, Lond. Lein 3 regions (with 3.3 or 4.3 counties in each, incl Dubs split in 3 to the 3 regions) North (LN) 4.3 = Lou, Mea, Long, Wmea, NDub Central (LC) 3.3 = Kild, Off, Lao, CentDub South (LS) 4.3 = Wick, Wex, Carl, Kilk, SDub. I could see most of the 10 regions being competitive - maybe, a small number of strong teams is best, like current Tier 1 hurling ? (and hurling would need a messy patchwork of inter-regional combinations to target a similar competitive balance). Play the football season as a League Championship (two year cycle) - 2 groups of 5 (draw at least 1 region from each Prov to each diversified group). 13-match regular season one year (twice v own group, once v other group); 14-match regular season the next year (once v own group, twice v other group). Teams play the 9 others three times over two years Top 6 of 10 based on one-year 13 or 14 match combined table - or all 27 over 2 rolling years - to 6-team KO (top 2 to AI SFs & 3v6, 4v5 to QFs). I'd expect a final table ranking like this - 1 UW; 2 MW; 3 US; 4 CS; 5 CN; 6 LN; 7 LC; 8 ME; 9 UE; 10 LS. omahant (USA) - Posts: 2570 - 15/05/2021 03:17:12 2341816 Link 0 |
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When demographics change, the structure needs to also change, or ultimately die a slow death."]You're speaking as if counties like Leitrim were powerhouses at some stage and that this has changed recently due to demographic changes. The likes of Leitrim and Longford have always been small counties with pretty much no chance of winning an All-Ireland. This has been the case for over 100 years. I would love to see them be able to compete at the highest level, but there's no handy solution. What drives interest in the GAA from supporters is the association with place, whether that's club or county. The interest proportionally is huge in comparison to population. Take that away and you could lose a huge amount. If people feel that representation is gone, interest could dwindle. In saying that, these discussions should always be taking place. What would be your proposed solution? WanPintWin (Galway) - Posts: 2034 - 15/05/2021 04:20:39 2341818 Link 0 |
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In South Leinster you have 3 div 4 teams and 1 that doesn't field a senior grade team at all. Cant see that attracting any support whatsoever down this way or being at all competitive with the other areas. And even less players in the 4 counties outside south dublin will get to play top level football than do currently.
Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 11730 - 15/05/2021 10:42:57 2341841 Link 1 |
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The heart beat of gaelic games and it's competitiveness belongs to the clubs, the heart beat, competitiveness, and success of intercounty teams belongs to the clubs as well, the ineffectiveness of some intercounty teams belongs to some county boards, Someone mentioned a "superclub" that may very well be the way to go or at least put it in the mix, restructure needed on a county by county basis, I'm not in favor of amalgamating or splitting county's either in part of fully. I would like to see a handicap system being discussed seriously and fully, it could be tried and tested over a three year period. Handicaps could be got from performance in the NFL, division by division, fed into a computer and hey presto. Going back to our game of golf, anyone of us who hit a golf ball and is a member of a club has a handicap, simple and user-friendly. No matter how uncompetitive our gaelic football counties are they are not going to show a computerized handicap of excessive double figures if it did then go to plan B. Croke park officials do not appear to have any issue or concerns with Kilkenny failing to field a senior football team in the LSF championship, that is very worrying and regrettable, how can counties expand and prosper be competitive if those at the highest lever don't seem to have any concerns with the static and apparent decline of some counties, now it seems the faults go higher that county boards. supersub15 (Carlow) - Posts: 2907 - 15/05/2021 12:33:19 2341860 Link 0 |
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To be honest if I were in charge of that aspect of the games I'm not sure if I'd be willing to pour too much resources into kilkenny football, there just doesn't seem to be the interest. It's tricky really, you'd imagine there's potential to see hurling grow in Laois, carlow, westmeath, but dues that mean hurling in 15/20 other counties should be just ignored and left to fend for themselves? There's no real straightforward answer. Would a handicap system not just be papering over the cracks? Kinda like, well if you're not willing to develop the game, we'll just give ye a head start? Galway9801 (Galway) - Posts: 1698 - 15/05/2021 15:23:18 2341885 Link 0 |
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I had to place one team 10th in my ranking - that is Leinster South. Would fans in those 4 counties get behind this regional team now that it has a chance of improving with the inclusion of some Dub players ? You could have a rule that all regional teams must have at least 2 players from each county. Also, as the Region team count is only one third that of counties, perhaps we could have various grades (say, 5) with the same regions, so current intercounty players (and more) get to play - Senior, Senior B, Intermediate, Intermediate B and Junior - or instead call them the Tier 1 to Tier 5 League Championships. omahant (USA) - Posts: 2570 - 15/05/2021 17:42:46 2341983 Link 0 |
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I'd have no interest following a Leinster South region
Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 11730 - 15/05/2021 19:34:01 2342065 Link 0 |
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It is bonkers stuff this idea. No merit to it and it only sounds good and that is all that matters. Ask these experts for specifics and they can't answer. They complain about everything and anything but offer no tangible realistic solutions. They are all soundbites and real GAA people know they will not work. But the experts here would have you believe otherwise.
the creeler (Cavan) - Posts: 512 - 15/05/2021 20:04:34 2342082 Link 0 |