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Should there be a handicap system in the GAA

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Where there is a gulf between teams should there be a handicap system. For example Dublin v Westmeath in football. London v Mayo in football Dublin v Kilkenny in hurling It would make the championship far more interesting. The teams ranking for the handicap could be seeded by thier number of wins/loses/draws in the past three years in league and championship. gormdubhgorm (Dublin) - Posts: 990 - 28/06/2016 21:45:55 1873565 Link
No Whammo86 (Antrim) - Posts: 4225 - 28/06/2016 22:34:57 1873588 Link
Like golfers ye mean. Play poorly in league get a good handicap for championship. AthCliath (Dublin) - Posts: 4347 - 28/06/2016 23:23:18 1873598 Link
Yeah, any time GAA county teams play each other at golf a handicap system should apply based on each player's ability to play golf. PoolSturgeon (Galway) - Posts: 1903 - 29/06/2016 07:36:22 1873620 Link
Replying To gormdubhgorm: "Where there is a gulf between teams should there be a handicap system. For example Dublin v Westmeath in football. London v Mayo in football Dublin v Kilkenny in hurling It would make the championship far more interesting. The teams ranking for the handicap could be seeded by thier number of wins/loses/draws in the past three years in league and championship." After the money invested into Dublin hurling and the presumption that they were also going to be winning titles at senior level that is some insult! Oh and the answer is no by the way! TheFlaker (Mayo) - Posts: 7893 - 29/06/2016 11:32:11 1873704 Link
What are people smoking when they are suggesting absolute tripe like this ? honest to god... waynoI (Dublin) - Posts: 13650 - 29/06/2016 11:46:01 1873720 Link
Replying To waynoI: "What are people smoking when they are suggesting absolute tripe like this ? honest to god..." It's good stuff man.Peace out brother! cuederocket (Dublin) - Posts: 5084 - 29/06/2016 11:56:03 1873731 Link
You would really see how much of a juggernaut Dublin are if there was a handicap system in place. If they started 10-12 points behind, they would go full blast from the start rather than cruise along in 2nd gear like they do most games because they know they are superior and content to only win by 10 points. It would be a sight to see them in top gear for 70 minutes in every game. KYTitletown (Kerry) - Posts: 816 - 29/06/2016 12:03:37 1873740 Link
Is it Treehuggers Awareness week? GreenandRed (Mayo) - Posts: 7345 - 29/06/2016 12:17:57 1873748 Link
I thought April fools was over ? Lord this is some joke Dellboypolecat (Tyrone) - Posts: 15069 - 29/06/2016 12:49:00 1873771 Link
Replying To gormdubhgorm: "Where there is a gulf between teams should there be a handicap system. For example Dublin v Westmeath in football. London v Mayo in football Dublin v Kilkenny in hurling It would make the championship far more interesting. The teams ranking for the handicap could be seeded by thier number of wins/loses/draws in the past three years in league and championship." I was expecting to see "Tomsmith here" s goldrick (Cavan) - Posts: 5518 - 29/06/2016 16:11:53 1873893 Link
Already exists. Its called a bookies. mike03 (Limerick) - Posts: 2000 - 29/06/2016 16:55:50 1873926 Link
2lbs of lead in each of the Dubs boots Sounds like a good idea to me . Great team , great players ! They know something the other teams are not aware of. nemlodoak (Meath) - Posts: 170 - 29/06/2016 17:25:15 1873939 Link
2lbs of lead in each of the Dubs boots Sounds like a good idea to me . Great team , great players ! They know something the other teams are not aware of. nemlodoak (Meath) - Posts: 170 - 29/06/2016 17:26:38 1873940 Link
Would it not just be much more simple to catagorise Inter-county teams as either Senior, Inter or Junior levels? Just gander at the Ladies Football and Camogie works there with some Senior counties competing at two levels. I mean some counties are never going to be able to compete. arock (Dublin) - Posts: 4896 - 29/06/2016 17:39:21 1873943 Link
'Handicap' could take many forms. With the GPA 8x4 Champs League idea - I have proposed putting a pair of Div 1 teams in 4 groups with a pair of Div 4 teams in the others. That alone is a form of 'handicapping' - unfair you could say to the strong teams - but possibly to the betterment of the tournament. omahant (USA) - Posts: 2585 - 29/06/2016 17:46:04 1873945 Link
Or use a baseball bat to break lads legs before games etc......just to even things out like ;-) JayP (Dublin) - Posts: 1772 - 29/06/2016 18:13:47 1873955 Link
Replying To omahant: "'Handicap' could take many forms. With the GPA 8x4 Champs League idea - I have proposed putting a pair of Div 1 teams in 4 groups with a pair of Div 4 teams in the others. That alone is a form of 'handicapping' - unfair you could say to the strong teams - but possibly to the betterment of the tournament." The GAA seems to be against a league format for the championship for some strange reason. It is the most common sense idea. gormdubhgorm (Dublin) - Posts: 990 - 29/06/2016 21:32:39 1874031 Link
Replying To waynoI: "What are people smoking when they are suggesting absolute tripe like this ? honest to god..." Your thinking narrowly wayno. The GAA is not like the likes of soccer where a poorer team on paper can grind out a result. Although Donegal nearly succeed, the most teams can do is keep the score down and avoid a hiding. The next question you need to ask yourself Wayno is: what do I think of the championship structure? Was your answer "a joke". The next question you have to ask yourself do you honeslty enjoy one sided Dublin football games from the team you support? The final question is would you watch one sided games as a neutral? A handicap system would solve all these problems at a stroke and breathe new life into a dying championship system. Or should we just go asleep until August? gormdubhgorm (Dublin) - Posts: 990 - 29/06/2016 21:41:55 1874036 Link