Three-tier championship not the answer, says Mulligan
May 17, 2019
Tyrone's Owen Mulligan gets in his pass against Derry
Joe Brolly's call for a three-tier football championship hasn't found favour with Owen Mulligan.
In his column for Paddy Power News, Mulligan states that a two-tier championship would be his preferred option.
"I listened with interest as Joe Brolly floated the notion that the GAA should introduce a three-tiered championship," the former Tyrone star wrote.
"But I’m not sure that his version of the future structure would work.
"I’d like to see all teams playing in their provincial championship as normal, but I’d change the backdoor system. If the Division 3 and 4 teams are knocked out of the provincial championship before the provincial final, they should have to enter into a second-tier competition.
"That final could be played in Dublin on the same weekend as the All-Ireland final, but not before the All-Ireland final. The All-Ireland minor final needs to remain locked into that position."
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