Iâve no issue with an elite championship, in fact Iâve been saying for ages the Leinster Qualifiers should be scrapped and replaced with the Christy Ring winners coming through to the main championship in a back door round or something. Maybe even winners and losers of the CR final. The likes of Westmeath & Kerry have nothing to play for in the current format. Put em down to the CR and at least theyâd have an achievable goal with the bonus of playing one of the bigger counties at the end.
That proposal above is gash though. Those 5 limbo counties getting fucked over basically.
As for the GAA throwing money at them, 
, come on now be serious. Kerry the county that has made the most progress in recent times didnât even get the paltry âŹ45,000 a year they were throwing out to the select few weaker counties. Neither did Kildare, Meath or Wicklow three really target-able places that have a reasonable level of hurling already and huge population influxes from traditional hurling counties who could drive it on. And anyway âŹ45,000 would hardly pay for one development officer
45 fucking thousand, jesus would you stop. Youâll only torment me.
"Promotion/Relegation
The winners of the new Tier 2 Championship shall replace the bottom team in the Leinster or Munster Championships, as appropriate, in the following year."
How is âappropriatenessâ being defined?
So long as none of the stronger counties are affected, in which case weâll fudge it.
My guess is:
Kerry -> Munster
Any one else -> Leinster
Cork have a second motion in looking to rectify this.
There is no scenario where theyâd allow Kerry up and one of the big 5 down.
I could definitely see it happen if Limerick finished bottom of the pile and Kerry were in line for promotion.
If that happened I could die a happy man
Whether it happens to be Cork some year
In all fairness whatâs the point of Kerry or Westmeath coming into the main championship to be hockeyed. The B champions used to come into the All Ireland at the quarter final stage and they were hammered every year.
To be fair here to Westmeath, they havenât been hockeyed in the last three years. Admittedly they have only had to play Limerick and Tipp.
Is there any motion to return the Ring/Rackard/Meagher finals to All-Ireland semi-final day? That did more for the lower level competitions and teams than anything in the previous 100 years.
How will we ever develop weaker counties if they never get a chance to step up?
The GAA donât wish to develop weaker counties bro, theyâre a hindrance.
Ainât that the truth.
Theyâd be better off entering the Lory Meagher and Nicky Rackard counties into the Camogie championship and theyâd all have more games at their own level.
What if one of the Munster counties went on strike like limerick or cork didâŚthe county board could swallow a few hammerings but to go down to the Christy for a year or 2 would be disastrous⌠Players would have a much bigger bargaining chip if this comes in, whether they or the cbâs realise it yetâŚ
Only a shower of cunts would go on strike.
If this happens in its original format, Kerry will win the next 15 munster football championships
That was a good idea.
The competitions have to be fully separated form Liam McCarthy and this could now be the case.
The change to u17 competition could also allow for changes in the schedule on match days