No itâs not. Thereâs nothing unfair about the kerry championship. How many times has the kerry intermediate champions followed up with a senior championship the following season?
When was the last time a Tipp club won an all Ireland? Was it toom?
Havenât a clue but the All Ireland series is indicative of the strength of a single club, not a county championship.
I donât know, you tell me?
So Tyrone have never had a single club strong enough to win an Ireland, because theyâve got a strong championship?
If youâve such a strong championship, winning and all Ireland should be a piece of piss
How so, itâs over a decade since a Tyrone club did back to back, itâs 1979 since a Tyrone club did 3 in a row.
Itâs a meritocracy, not just one super club completely dominating the scene.
So you thinking youâre good enough to win three in a row, none of them are on merit?
What?
Itâs very difficult to come out of Tyrone for a start.
You said itâs hard to win two in a row in Tyrone because itâs a meritocracy.
So by your argument, ballyhale winning two in a row is a sign of a weak Kilkenny championship where title are given out not earned?
Because thatâs your argument
Agreed. Itâs wrong. No divisional teams full stop.
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I didnât say that, I said Tyrone football is a meritocracy.
I wouldnât know much about Kilkenny club hurling but if one club (or a small number of clubs) are dominating club hurling over a sustained period of time then it wouldnât be a good look for the county championship as a whole.
Templenoe have 4 Kerry seniors and were junior last year
De La Salle have been in two Munster Club Finals this decade, winning one and losing one. They were also Munster Club champions in 2008. De La Salle made a better fist of it against Ballygunner in the Waterford Final this year than either Sixmilebridge or Patrickswell did, the last two Sundays.
You keep bringing meritocracy into it. Iâm not sure using a political system as an analogy for the relative strength of a club championship is relevant.
A meritocracy is based on merit.
There is no merit to the Kerry championships, itâs a system to keep the status quo in tact, to hold an unfair advantage at intermediate and junior level in the AI series.
I would look at counties like Tyrone, Mayo and Donegal as examples where there is a fair and healthy competition at club level. I donât see it in Kerry, I see them manipulating it so they can get an advantage over the other side.
Sure wasnât their a big scandal a few years back when the county board wouldnât put Dingle through in Munster because they were missing a few key players even though they were meant to be the representatives?
How is merit decided mate?
What would be far healthier for Kerry football is splitting Tralee and Killarney down further, is it two clubs in each town and having a club championship with 16 actual clubs.
Theyâve won 6 in a row without a single one score game and an average winning margin of over 10 points in those 6 finals
An even playing field, Kerry is anything but.
Youâre not very well informed on Kerry football. Austin Stacks, Kevin OâRahillyâs and John Mitchels are the Big 3 in Tralee. Youâve also got Na Gaeil in Tralee, club of Jack Barry.