Just read what John Mullane said about hurling. The Munster Championship Round Robin has been a brilliant success. Waterford haven been unlucky but that will change. Why do we want to change one of the things that work in hurling? If 4 teams qualify there would be no interest in the competition.
KK will be winning very soon, Galway, Dubiin and Wexford will hopefully improve further. Offlay are making huge strides.
I think if the season was pushed on a few weeks it would solve alot of the problems.
All Irelands end of Aug, club championship in Sept/Oct and start of Nov. Munster club in Jan/Feb. Club All Ireland back on Paddy's day.
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So you’re giving 10 weeks to run off all the club championships?
Thats fine in Kilkenny where they treat one code with disdain and get football out of the way by the end of April. How would it work in Cork?
Currently our club championships have an excellent format and are run over 15 weekends, although some grades can go over this if there’s no Munster club deadline (eg Intermediate A). You want to reduce this from 15 weeks down to 10.
For a dual club such as the Barrs. Notwithstanding their Round 1 results, they could well be in a county final in both codes. Thats 12 rounds of matches that you want to run off in 10 weeks. Some player welfare that is.
Your timeline is not allowing for gap weeks to allow players a small recovery.
It’s also not allowing for intercounty players who might have played in an all Ireland final a week off before making them play club championship.
Your suggestion would realistically mean either clubs or players could only play one code. I realise that’s the way it’s gone for intercounty players, but it would be a sad day where a club player who wishes to play both codes would only be able to play one.
In my opinion too many people talk about championship calendars and only see what would suit them personally.
My playing days are over and I’m not currently involved with any teams in my club. So it would suit me just fine if the intercounty was extended by another month.
But I would prioritise the opinion and welfare of 1 player over that of 100 supporters such as myself.
