See the proposals are in for tomorrow nights committee meeting. They are as follows
Oulart & hurling advisory committee 2 groups of 6 Teams finishing 1,2,3 into quarters 4-5 into preliminary quarter final. 6th into relegation final
Kilrush and Oylegate 12 teams in each grade, divided into two groups of 6. Top 4 into quarters 5th finished 6th into relegation
St Martins Retain current structure except one change 6th place team into relegation semi final. 4th and 5th play preliminary quarter finals, loser plays in relegation semi, winner into quarters with 1,2,3 from groups
Proposal also to go back to block structure I.e hurling played to conclusion, football also.
Not sure the Oulart proposal as there is still no cut throat in it other than top 3. At least the bottom team goes to relegation. Would have liked to have seen a proposal with three groups of 4.
I hope the block one dosent pass. I absolutely hated the championships when they were like that. Hurling championship over in about 6 weeks. Ridiculous. Player gets injured and could be gone for season. They state
• Increased physical and mental demands on players, particularly dual players • Higher risk of injury, particularly dual players • Reduced preparation time for clubs • Lower overall standard of championship matches • Ongoing scheduling difficulties and uncertainty for clubs and supporters
Most clubs are dual so a higher risk is the same whether it's a block or not. There is no name to these proposals. I couldn't see this one passing.
Sorry Horeswood and Oylegate ate the two teams for that proposal. As I said hope clubs see sense.
Other proposals are for u21. Mostly that not to play u21 until adult and minor is finished. Also just to go to a straight knockout. Then to reduce grades to 8 teams so more Divisons and basically three games.
Replying To alwaysasub: "See the proposals are in for tomorrow nights committee meeting. They are as follows
Oulart & hurling advisory committee 2 groups of 6 Teams finishing 1,2,3 into quarters 4-5 into preliminary quarter final. 6th into relegation final
Kilrush and Oylegate 12 teams in each grade, divided into two groups of 6. Top 4 into quarters 5th finished 6th into relegation
St Martins Retain current structure except one change 6th place team into relegation semi final. 4th and 5th play preliminary quarter finals, loser plays in relegation semi, winner into quarters with 1,2,3 from groups
Proposal also to go back to block structure I.e hurling played to conclusion, football also.
Not sure the Oulart proposal as there is still no cut throat in it other than top 3. At least the bottom team goes to relegation. Would have liked to have seen a proposal with three groups of 4.
I hope the block one dosent pass. I absolutely hated the championships when they were like that. Hurling championship over in about 6 weeks. Ridiculous. Player gets injured and could be gone for season. They state
• Increased physical and mental demands on players, particularly dual players • Higher risk of injury, particularly dual players • Reduced preparation time for clubs • Lower overall standard of championship matches • Ongoing scheduling difficulties and uncertainty for clubs and supporters
Most clubs are dual so a higher risk is the same whether it's a block or not. There is no name to these proposals. I couldn't see this one passing."
Horeswood and Oylegate proposed going back to the split season, their names are on the proposal. Its a very popular proposal with any players Ive talked to. It will be interesting to see do club reps/Executives poll their players, and vote accordingly. The biggest benefit of it would be the standard of hurling and football in our club championships would be way better. The biggest drawback would be it would hamper our champions in whichever code goes first in the subsequent Leinster Championships. A long break. I can see the merits of the Oulart/HAC proposal myself, but equally most players Ive talked to seem to want the Oylegate/Askamore proposal, in other words go back to the Football style set up. I agree, Id of liked to see the 4 groups of 3 proposed again. Cloughbawn proposed it last year. Not many clubs voted for it. If Id of known it wasn't being proposed again Id of asked our club to consider proposing it. We have too many club games as it is, with not enough knockout ones relative to the number of games in the League part of our championship.