Should divisional teams be in all Ireland club championships?

Sport
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Surely if they are in county championships they should be in provincal club championships instead of the teams they beat in county final etc. Ucc can go forward.

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No and Kerry should not be allowed field teams in the intermediate or junior provincial and AI series due to their senior championship only having 8 senior clubs.

3

I’d agree with that. Gaeltacht intermediate for example. Would beat most senior teams.

4

The 9th best team in a football mad county represents Kerry at intermediate level against usually the 13th best or 17th best team in another county.

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5

The Carlow Senior Hurling Championship has gone from 8 to 4 teams over the past decade. Should Carlow not be allowed field teams in the intermediate, junior provincial and All Ireland series because of this?

6

8 senior teams is a grand amount. Much too many clubs around the country appearing to be senior when they’re far from it.

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it has a cascading effect on intermediate and junior strength too. Makes them worthwhile competitions.
Gives a greater spread of clubs being represented at county level too across intermediate and junior.

Divisions shouldn’t be allowed into senior club not to mind the all ireland series

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No.

9

I’ve no problem with divisional sides tbh. They rise tide of club football and offer outlets to junior clubs. I’d love to see it in Laois.

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10

Yes

11

No to divisional clubs, agree there are far too many pretend senior clubs

12

No

13

They should introduce a divisional all ireland

14

Not a bad idea. Maybe they should increase it from just divisional though, maybe another level up from divisional? Could work.

15

I think divisional teams should be limited to just junior clubs. You see it a lot where one of the top intermediate teams is backboning a divisional team which isn’t fair in my opinion.

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There isn’t really even 8 big clubs in kerry. Out of curiosity how many clubs is there in kerry?

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50 odd

18

As @myboyblue says 8 teams is nearly enough senior teams in most county’s.Way too many clubs are obsessed with being “senior”.

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You’re dead right, teams should have absolutely no aspirations to progress and get better and play at higher levels.

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Define “Big Club”