"Would I like to play in a second-tier championship, the answer would be no"
October 31, 2018
Carlow's Paul Broderick runs onto the pitch. ©INPHO/Oisin Keniry.
Carlow All-Star nominee Paul Broderick has reiterated his opposition to the introduction of a second-tier football championship.
Reacting to the results of the recent GPA survey which revealed ‘60pc of football members now supporting a change’, Tinryland clubman Broderick refused to budge on his stance on the issue.
“If you asked me would I like to play in a second-tier championship, the answer would be no,” he told the Irish Independent. “But if you asked me do I think we're going to win the All-Ireland in the 'A', the answer is no as well.
“No disrespect to the teams who'd be playing, we're one of those who would be playing in a second tier, but they're not going to garner the same respect and enthusiasm from the public in Carlow.
“It's hard to know without trialling something like this, but it was trialled before and it didn't work. For whatever reasons, I'm not sure. At the moment I wouldn't be in favour of it. Not the way it's currently put forward anyway.”
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