@Copper_pipe can you post this full article?
I have been saying it for a few years now, that the standard of player coming through now is miles behind where it was 6 or 7 years ago as a result of the change in age-grade nonsense.
Hopefully sense prevails and we go back to proper Under 18/21 championships.
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A West Limerick woman.
The old Limerick saying of âGo East for land and West for womenâ holding strong there in those photos, Hego has decided the same.
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With the 2022 AI club semi-finals due to take place in the first week of December; that would mean that our club championships would have to be finished by the first week in November by the very latest to allow for Munster.
If you start the first week in August, you have 14 weekends until then.
Under the old formats, you need 8 weeks to finish both the senior hurling & football Championships. So potentially youâd be two weeks short if you were to have football or hurling-only weekends. The Premier Intermediate hurling takes another week again under the old format.
So will we be looking at a Championship restructure? 5 games minimum is nice but most counties go for groups of 4 with three games minimum.
mid week games?
Mid-Week football games. Sure no one gives a f**k about them.
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Donât count your chickens before they hatch.
Way too early for championship.
What the alternative ,??
Fucking Ennis 
Clare in the football with the winners playing Tipp/Waterford in the semi.
Another solid chance of getting to a MF. Everyone bar Kerry are beatable.
They are ruining the championship. During the summer the gaa is the only show in town. April is a very busy month for so many sports and the round robin could get lost imo. It isnât a great month for weather and lot of people are studying for exams and what not.
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Itâs what the players want and itâs needed to get everything run-off in the same calendar year.
If the games are good the public will engage
If the product doesnât improve from the last few years crowds and interest will be low
A big year for the GAA is 2022
If the round robins were in July you wouldnât get full stadiums. The appetite isnât there for them.
The munster final might fill out
Letting the players decide is madness imo. Hurling is still a niche sport and itâs going to lose out here. Your not going to get Same sort of media coverage. Itâs very early imo.
Itâs a mad move imo.
Youâre right on coverage. Having the semi finals on the same weekend is a huge cut for coverage too. But if it works for club players then itâs justified.
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