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Should All Counties Follow 'Kerry County Football' To Model Their Structures In Both Codes?

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Another great column by Kieran Shannon (Irish Examiner) today: https://www.irishexaminer.com/sport-columnists-gaa/arid-41910925.html omahant (USA) - Posts: 3562 - 15/09/2026 15:26:36 2693919 Link
Replying To omahant: "Another great column by Kieran Shannon (Irish Examiner) today: https://www.irishexaminer.com/sport-columnists-gaa/arid-41910925.html" Not at all. - Simply cut your own cloth to measure. supersub15 (Carlow) - Posts: 3419 - 16/09/2026 08:54:42 2693957 Link
Replying To omahant: "Another great column by Kieran Shannon (Irish Examiner) today: https://www.irishexaminer.com/sport-columnists-gaa/arid-41910925.html" Can we get an edit button or can a mod fix link so its a hyperlink? What does article say exactly? KillingFields (Limerick) - Posts: 4011 - 16/09/2026 11:17:53 2693970 Link
Replying To supersub15: "Not at all. - Simply cut your own cloth to measure." Works in Kerry because its long-established. In Cork I hear the Divisional teams didn't work too well this year. Tried to introduce a version of it in Roscommon, ends up with only 1 regional team who get parachuted into a prelim quarter final and get a good batin' there. Seanfan (Roscommon) - Posts: 921 - 16/09/2026 11:20:18 2693972 Link
That 'Kerry model' can work in primarily single-code counties or even in counties with distinct hurling and football areas, and few dual players. Somebody could play for their club in a lower grade one week, for a district team in a higher grade the following week, the back to the club and lower grade the week after that, and so on. But in a county with a large number of dual players who are already playing football one week, hurling the next, football after that etc., and all with their club - where or how do you fit in fixtures for district teams? Pikeman96 (Wexford) - Posts: 4034 - 16/09/2026 11:41:12 2693977 Link
Replying To Pikeman96: "That 'Kerry model' can work in primarily single-code counties or even in counties with distinct hurling and football areas, and few dual players. Somebody could play for their club in a lower grade one week, for a district team in a higher grade the following week, the back to the club and lower grade the week after that, and so on. But in a county with a large number of dual players who are already playing football one week, hurling the next, football after that etc., and all with their club - where or how do you fit in fixtures for district teams?" You dont. Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 20695 - 16/09/2026 12:52:15 2693991 Link