Lads donāt give a hoot about player welfare on here unfortunately.
The inter county season is way too long and the games come way too fast.
You see the hurling championship all played off in six weeks with too many games played on top of each other in too short a space of time.
Itās obvious itās going to lead to player burn out.
It will also all but end the dual player at club level. Given clubs are already struggling for numbers thatāll mean one code will lose out massively.
The way Hercules and Ethan Doherty hit the wall in the All Ireland Semi Final for Derry was eye-opening. And then Clifford being āsmokedā in the final.
Shane Walsh effectively became fed up with it too.
The best players are getting a very raw deal.
Clifford probably heading to another All Ireland club final will drive the inter county zealots demented.
Iād agree with you on this. Should be no inter county before under 16.
Donāt think it did any harm in the old development squad model, limerick brought it to another level when they basically prioritised their squad training and got rid of the divisional model which was brilliant for getting loads of players games.
Getting rid of inter county is until u16 is a wild wild suggestion.
Itās not a development squad model anymore. With the money Limerick have it is an elite squad model. Hard for other counties to compete.
Respected American sports journalist Brian Murphy talking about how revenue share allowed a team like the greenbay packers compete with the New York giants.
If onlyā¦
How would you propose this works?
All the big teams have big benefactors that are throwing money at teams, much of the fundraising is going under the counter with no traceability.
Again, many of your ideals have solid principles but are unrealistic unfortunately.
Maybe revenue should crack down on the likes of that and payments to managers
Thereās a good yarn told about revenue attempting to find some under the counter payments.
They couldnāt even find the counter.
I donāt really agree with everything in this article but itāll be interesting to see the impact of the completely uncompetitive inter county Championships has on things going forward.
Well over 2,000 in Fermoy for a relegation game last night. Split season working fine in Cork anyway
Yes hurling is flying in cork.
The Wexford County board need to get their shit in order and stop blaming the split season for the shit show theyāre running down there
I presume you are been sarcastic but club scene is certainly thriving in Cork.
Thought you said the standard is hopeless in a lot of cork games
It was sad to see only about 500 people at the exceedingly attractive Dublin Football Quarter Final double header the other evening.
We have fallen a long way from the halcyon days of 12,000 people packing in to Parnell Park on a Wednesday night to watch St. Vincentās v Ballymun Kickhams back in 2016.