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I agree, it makes sense to have two tiers with a clear pathway that if you are improving then you can be promoted from Tier 2 to the All Ireland championship (Tier 1) and vice versa. I agree with the other poster that comparing the club structure within a county to the intercounty is not a good comparison . Gaps between teams does exist but I don't believe that there is gaps to such an extent that you need to have a Junior grade like in the women's championship or a club championship. There must be an incentive that a county can bridge the gap from tier 2 to tier 1 in a similar way to how teams strive for promotion in the national football league.
wicklowsupport (Wicklow) - Posts: 1909 - 10/09/2021 12:19:52 2379303 Link 0 |
Some counties can be compared to small clubs though, relatively speaking. Leitrim, Longford etc are tiny in comparison to Dublin and Cork from a population and playing numbers point of view. Regardless of funding, it's very difficult for them to compete on a reasonably level playing field. To use another comparison, smaller counties are similar to very small countries in international soccer. The introduction of the Nations League in Europe, which is a tiered competition has been credited with improving the likes of Luxembourg. They played more competitive games against countries at a similar level, rather than their only competitive matches being qualifiers against much stronger nations. I think there are benefits to having a level of tiered competition. The challenge is in ensuring that the competitions are meaningful. This isn't easy, when dealing with over 130 years of tradition. WanPintWin (Galway) - Posts: 2034 - 10/09/2021 12:26:34 2379305 Link 0 |
I'm a big fan of the hooter myself, I think it's obvious from the ladies game that we need a 3 tiered Championship in the mens game too.
Tirchonaill1 (Donegal) - Posts: 2739 - 10/09/2021 12:27:49 2379307 Link 4 |
Anyone else remember refcam? Galway9801 (Galway) - Posts: 1698 - 10/09/2021 14:06:37 2379349 Link 0 |
One of the great arguments for the hooter previously was that the GAA were getting referees to play for draws so that they could gather more money from having replays. Its funny then that this year, between hurling and football, 3 of the 4 semi-finals finished in a draw. Imagine the conspiracy theories we would have if there were still replays - 3 draws and replays the year after no gate receipts due to Covid would have all the usual bores telling us all how corrupt the whole thing is. Even now you will still have lads telling you all the GAA care about is money - ending replays to allow more time for club games has probably led to Croke Park missing out on about €6 million in gate receipts this year, as well as loads of additional exposure for our games in the media. Soma (UK) - Posts: 2630 - 10/09/2021 14:24:20 2379355 Link 0 |
If a motion were introduced at each county convention that the adult club football championship must be run as a single tier system, what would the outcome be? My guess is that it would be unanimously beaten. Eddie the Exile (Monaghan) - Posts: 1056 - 10/09/2021 14:56:45 2379366 Link 0 |
What I've always liked about the hooter is that there nobody is under any illusions to how much time is left. None of the at the discretion on the referee carry on that is a blight on the mens game.
Bon (Kildare) - Posts: 1898 - 11/09/2021 14:18:52 2379607 Link 1 |
Breezy (Limerick) - Posts: 1236 - 11/09/2021 16:14:37 2379627 Link 0 |