Do you think itās fair inter county teams get 9 months for their championships when theyāve no dual players while the clubs who have dual players get about 3 months?
Not really sure what the average would be across all teams but even if you have only a few fellas in a given club doing both it obviously impacts everybody.
The split season workās obviously not perfect but it gives clarity!! I would argue that teams having 5 group games Is too many takes away the cut throat nature of championship!!!
3 guaranteed games would be plenty if your losing 2 games that should be your championship over!!
Having 7 premier inter games is madness
I think with less championship games the league/divisional championship would be taken more seriously as we have a very poor league for such a strong hurling county
We havenāt touched on the under 19s fiasco which is leading to a lot of young lads packing it too.
No real need to train pre leaving cert for adult teams anymore and that is going to have an impact on player retention.
Ideally you want lads playing adult club at 17/18 so they know what it entails. When you arenāt playing before the leaving cert it gets complicated with college exams and j1s etc.
That crucial development phase at 18 to 21 is absolutely shocking.
There was something like a 6 percent in reduction in teams registered from 2019 compared to 2022. Itāll be interesting to see the figures for 2023.
Split season is not perfect but it seems to be the best solution.every player seems to be happy with it.u wont find one county player giving out about it.
Im not so sure about changing of the underage grades though.