2 small changes: 1. Partial draws the day after provincial finals. Connacht and Munster finalists drawn against the first 4 qualifiers out of the hat. The remaining 4 drawn against Leinster and Ulster finalists the day after those finals. 2. There currently cannot be a repeat pairing of a provincial final in Round 2. Provincial winners not drawing each other in Round 2 should take precedence. Roscommon, Kerry, Westmeath and Armagh as provincial winners should not clash as early as round 2 IMHO. ... outside of that, just get on with the game.
Replying To GreenandRed: "Division 1 teams are qualified before the league has started. Depending on Division One teams objectives it can be a preseason league with some teams looking to avoid the top two once they have avoided releagation. Divisions 2 and 3 are the better divisions with teams more motivated throughout the league. Also depends on teams plans. Easier to plan for All Ireland series when your guaranteed to be in it. Not so easy if you're a Division 2 Ulster team. Could be looking at going flatout to stay in a Division 2 position to qualify for All Ireland and ease out of Ulster championship to prepare for All Ireland."
I'm not really sure if you are agreeing or disagreeing agreeing with me or if your critiquing the current system.
I agree with your analysis.
My point of view is that having a league as the secondary competition is a waste of time.
We've a limited window to play all the fixtures in the calendar to have 11 weeks of that taken up by a competition where different teams have different priorities and some are just using the games as warm ups is not a good use of the time resources to us.