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People accept the logistical reasons. New York cannot be traveling over every week. If they win their quarter-final, they can travel back 2 weeks later for the semi-final.
legendzxix (Kerry) - Posts: 7821 - 18/05/2022 09:54:33 2418281 Link 2 |
When they never played in the back door system why are they in this competition…. ? Pure and utter nonsense ForeverBlue2 (Cavan) - Posts: 1897 - 18/05/2022 10:07:49 2418287 Link 0 |
I think you'll find it was all laid down last December but no one passed any heed till a few days before the draw. Then it was "why are they changing it"? Etc. Seanfanbocht (Roscommon) - Posts: 1399 - 18/05/2022 10:11:14 2418291 Link 0 |
And in fairness what difference does it make? I think the narrative needs to move away from the poor players who never play in Croke Park, what prestige is there in kicking a ball in a field in a vast cavernous and almost fully empty stadium. Be different if there was 82,000 at it. But that only happens twice a year, or at concerts!
weatherfieldgael (UK) - Posts: 60 - 18/05/2022 10:14:58 2418292 Link 0 |
The correct logistical outcome of it is that they shouldn't be in this competition. Wouldn't there be more prestige for them to get a bye to the 'elite' quarter final. But of course that wouldn't happen.
weatherfieldgael (UK) - Posts: 60 - 18/05/2022 10:16:35 2418293 Link 0 |
The correct logistical outcome of it is that they shouldn't be in this competition. Wouldn't there be more prestige for them to get a bye to the 'elite' quarter final. But of course that wouldn't happen. weatherfieldgael (UK) - Posts: 15 - 18/05/2022 10:16:35 The logical thing to do is to give them a bye to the final and then they would only have to travel over once. RHF (Cavan) - Posts: 845 - 18/05/2022 10:49:30 2418309 Link 1 |
In 2023: legendzxix (Kerry) - Posts: 7821 - 18/05/2022 11:03:17 2418324 Link 0 |
I think you are mistaken there. the decision to change it was only made recently into North and South and it begs the question as to why this is the case?? Some would say it is to cut down on travelling costs etc, but yet they have New York and London in it and no heed on Kerry having to travel to Donegal or vice versa in league games. howdareu (USA) - Posts: 220 - 18/05/2022 11:05:32 2418325 Link 0 |
Or just give them the trophu coz nobody else seems to care anyway!!!
howdareu (USA) - Posts: 220 - 18/05/2022 11:06:13 2418326 Link 0 |
Why have a competition at all and just hand them the trophy? It would go down well seeing as there is an NY president after all.
weatherfieldgael (UK) - Posts: 60 - 18/05/2022 11:07:43 2418328 Link 0 |
They're in the Connacht Championship every year as are London. They should be in the competition. No county complains when they have to go to New York and the great hospitality they receive over there. They're travelling a long way, bringing friends and families, visiting friends and families, putting a few quid in people's pockets over here when they arrive. The Tailteann is to give so-called weaker counties some games in championship of a similar standard. They're as much right to be in the Tailteann as any county.
GreenandRed (Mayo) - Posts: 7335 - 18/05/2022 11:22:38 2418334 Link 5 |
Well then they shouldn't be treated any differently to every other county and they should enter this particular cup at the same stage as everyone else, or in a preliminary round with London as to save travel costs in general. I'd say now you wouldn't get a plane full of people travelling over for this game and that is what, about 300-400 people
weatherfieldgael (UK) - Posts: 60 - 18/05/2022 11:53:25 2418343 Link 0 |
I do too. I am from a county who will probably never play in it, yet I live in a county where ambition should be to win it. Lets face it, Wexford v Offaly in the football was in a sparse Wexford Park. Partly as there was other matches that weekend. If the GAA wanted to promote it, they should give every Wexford person who buys a ticket for the Kilkenny game a free entry to the football. Plenty of people don't have the dosh to pay 20-25 euro in to Nowlan Park and fork out the same again the next day. Same with Tipperary, etc. Lets face it, there is no way in this world that Leitrim or Wexford are even the remotest genuine Sam Maguire contenders. I don't know is it players ego drives the delusion or what. People in Wexford might recoil and say 10-12 years ago we were, but they had a once in a lifetime footballer in Matty Forde and another good crop came along. Maybe a Tailteann Cup run might encourage more players to tog for the county, I know 1 game v Offaly and a hammering from Dublin does them no good. ExiledInWex (Dublin) - Posts: 1122 - 18/05/2022 12:06:41 2418346 Link 0 |
So why do they not get a second chance and never have in qualifiers as it was set up to help weaker counties also??? Or participate in the league???
howdareu (USA) - Posts: 220 - 18/05/2022 12:13:16 2418353 Link 0 |
It is a timely reminder that Wexford got to an AI semi final in 2008, Leitrim in 1994. Why? A number of reasons, both had very good teams at these periods of time, also there was a much more level playing field in regards to spending on teams back in those days. I think the provincials should be scrapped or moved out of the way of the AI championship, and have an open draw or group stages where everyone appears to have an equal chance of progressing. Should Wexford and Leitrim be happy to be gradually being moved out of competing for the AI, because let's face it, this particular cup is the beginning of that. weatherfieldgael (UK) - Posts: 60 - 18/05/2022 12:44:05 2418363 Link 0 |
I think it's pretty obvious why they don't play in the league. But if you need that explained to you I'm not sure what to say.
oneoff (UK) - Posts: 1380 - 18/05/2022 12:48:51 2418364 Link 1 |
That has been mentioned here numerous times
Loughduff Lad (Cavan) - Posts: 2379 - 18/05/2022 12:59:50 2418369 Link 0 |
They'd be aware of what they need to do near the end of the League, and when relegated, a team know instantly about it, whether by head to head or score difference. A team in 6th could go the whole rest of the Spring, their Provincial championship, and only find out they get knocked out of the Qualifiers when someone else reaches a final. Now tell me how that looks? Yet again another reason why the link should not be League only
Loughduff Lad (Cavan) - Posts: 2379 - 18/05/2022 13:03:01 2418371 Link 0 |
Ah here. Elon Musk and all his spacemen couldn't explain the logic there! But I suspect it has to a lot to do with keeping the money flowing into the GAA from the U.S.
GreenandRed (Mayo) - Posts: 7335 - 18/05/2022 13:03:03 2418372 Link 4 |
No, it wasn't. Details like all stars, player holidays (which are important to get buy in from the players) and details of Round 1 and QF games to be televised were all only released this week. We got some details last year, but not all
Loughduff Lad (Cavan) - Posts: 2379 - 18/05/2022 13:05:20 2418373 Link 0 |