They’ve created a structure which has minimised the number of teams competing in the top tier and by making Offaly and Waterford (the two teams with the smallest pick in both provinces) play on four consecutive weekends has completely fucked them over. Offaly were out on their feet against Wexford on Saturday, God knows what Waterford will be like by Game 3 & 4.
7 games in the hurling Championship after 17 June after 20 games in 5 weeks with a casualty ward of injuries for every county is really doing a lot to promote hurling.
It’s only a three year trial? That’s not much of a consolation to county teams in the here and now who all things going well would have had realistic ambitions of winning an All Ireland.
7 games to play off in the hurling championship after 17 June whereas there’ll be 35 games still to be played in the football championship from 17 June onwards.
Counties with large contingents of third level students on their panels are even more disproportionately hampered having to play every week from mid May to early June as college exams are only finishing up now.
Effectively no hurling at the best time of the year for hurling after a glut of games in mid winter in late January and February and in May and early June.
