Replying To tirawleybaron: "Waterford exited the hurling championship on the 25th May - nice and early as usual. They played the first round of the club championship on the 10th August - 11 weeks later. They weren't in a rush to get started anyway, whatever about finishing."
And will be finished waiting 7 weeks for opposition in the club championship.
Replying To Seanfan: "To whom exactly? There's already too much blather and ***** like up for the match! I just watch the games when they're on ( unless Ros are playing). 2 weeks between Qtrs and Semis and between Semis and Finals is plenty for hype generation in the Counties involved"
True too. Personally I don't mind the Finals being on when they are on.
Replying To legendzxix: "The main intercounty season complaint was the provincial championships starting the week after the league finals. It seems that will be solved next year with the All Ireland championship having one round less. Completing the All Ireland club championships in the calendar year seems to have been abandoned. If that was solved, there would be a good break for Christmas until the leagues start at the end of January."
It's not that it's been abandoned, it just wasn't a realistic goal in the 1st place.