The championship proposal is actually a great idea which I completely agree with , just think that there will be another 8 major matches that won't just be in crime park each team gets a match at home , away and in croke park which is a brilliant choice for example I am a Derry man as you all know Derry get into the group stages easily if they wanted and I have 3 big matches I can look forward to more that I would go to all of them and I am a neutral aswell , if Derry get knocked I continue watching and going go all matches and have those group stages I would really look forward too . It will bring up attendance at all matches and bring more of a excitement to the matches . I like the idea of both finals being played for the same in the same weekend. If I was the GAA I would start it all sorted out by all counties in November and start it up for 2017 straight away

oakleafersir (Derry) - Posts: 808 - 19/10/2016 17:07:47    1927648

Gaa are living in a dreamworld. Is it any wonder many clubs can't field a team.

Clubs having to wait until their county has exited the championship and then play multiple matches in a week.

This proposal won't pass.

No wonder more lads are going to the Afl.

And look at OP's own county - how many players left the panel ?

sponger (Wicklow) - Posts: 2897 - 19/10/2016 17:44:14    1927659

There are more cons than pros to the new system.

Pros
More games between best teams
Removes replays
Slightly shortens provinces
More regional games
Best teams will make semifinals and final

Cons
Doesn't address unfairness between provinces.
Doesn't do much for the weakest teams
Makes it even harder to schedule club games
Dead rubbers at the height of the season
Still huge breaks between games earl in the season
Season still takes way too long

Whammo86 (Antrim) - Posts: 4210 - 19/10/2016 18:38:52    1927677

Another slap in the face of every club player.

If they want to go the route of groups like soccer fine, dump the provincials or dump the league and play the provincials in February and March.

Brianmac78 (Dublin) - Posts: 1168 - 19/10/2016 18:53:37    1927680

See the order of games is:
Round one: Team 1 v 2
Next round: Team 1 v 3 or 4
Next round: Team 1 v 3 or 4
Why is it not #1 v #2; 3 v 4
#1 v #3; 2 v 4
#1 v #4; 2 v 3
Set it in stone. No room for second guessing.
What happens if two teams are eliminated after the first two rounds? (i.e. If team #2 and team #4 lose the first two games .)

Gaa Fan (USA) - Posts: 749 - 19/10/2016 19:19:11    1927689

I can't see it passing. Too many cons. Club player will lose out again and there will be a lot of dead rubber games when you want knock out games at that time of year.

The_Fridge (Tyrone) - Posts: 2088 - 19/10/2016 20:01:08    1927697

Designed entirely with Sky Sports in mind.
An 8 team super league in a full croke park.
Screw the weaker teams. Carlow Antrim and Leitrim will last 28 days in the championship.

Poor effort paraic duffy and aoghan farrell

Eddie the Exile (Monaghan) - Posts: 1057 - 19/10/2016 20:02:13    1927698

How could anybody that enjoys football be against these proposals.

gunman (Donegal) - Posts: 1056 - 19/10/2016 20:46:55    1927709

Joke of a proposal. Absolutely sickening that they could come out with this once but to "refine" it and throw it out again puts the tin hat on it for me. No consideration whatsoever for weaker counties. This gets the likes of Carlow out of the way even earlier in the summer than normal. In fact, with this proposal we'd be lucky to even get a single game of senior hurling or football in any summer month. They clearly haven't listened to any of the players in weaker counties who are crying out for games in summer months when pitches are dry and weather makes playing (and attending) a pleasure.

Onion Breath (Carlow) - Posts: 1412 - 19/10/2016 21:05:41    1927713

Whammo86 (Antrim) - Posts: 4210 - 19/10/2016 21:16:41    1927718

bulmccabe (Tyrone) - Posts: 361 - 19/10/2016 22:46:13    1927750

These proposals are shameful and an insult to intelligence.

In their defense of the criticisms, they say they haven't heard of any discontent about the provincial championships. What world are they living in? On online forums such as these and from speaking to people, you would be lucky to meet people that want to keep them!! The Gaa leadership is extremely strong. It ignores the will of its members and ploughs on with its own agenda. But people continue to leave in droves.

bennybunny (Cork) - Posts: 3917 - 19/10/2016 23:00:46    1927752

I would rather do nothing than adopt this change.
GAA powers need to be significantly more creative.
Club and lesser county players should be accomodated better - streamlined inter county season with a greater club activity window -
so why wasn't it done - perhaps, the CPA can grow to the influence of the GPA.

omahant (USA) - Posts: 2571 - 20/10/2016 03:48:37    1927764

The proposal has not addressed the imbalance in the championship. I like the idea of the round robin but it's likely that some of the provincial champions could have have played 2 games to get there while others may have played 4 or 5.

unclegerry (Mayo) - Posts: 1222 - 20/10/2016 09:51:33    1927779

Personally I love this idea, I would help to so called white elephant be used more, imagine the likes of Cork vs Dublin or Cork vs Tyrone in Pairc Ui Chaoimh, I would be all in favour of seeing that,

rebelfan (Cork) - Posts: 70 - 20/10/2016 10:51:02    1927800

s goldrick (Cavan) - Posts: 5518 - 20/10/2016 11:20:39    1927807

what's the bets tha tSKY get all the "group stage" games. This is what SKy likes. make a kind of super-league. there will then be a breakaway group of top 8 or top 12 teams that will go professional.

s goldrick (Cavan) - Posts: 5518 - 20/10/2016 11:28:34    1927815

Whammo86 (Antrim) - Posts: 4210 - 20/10/2016 11:55:59    1927825

A lot of the negatives from the new proposal surround the weaker counties. I do agree that we need to try our best to help the weaker counties get to a level where they are able to compete better. Let us leave aside the financial help that could be given for the moment (that is in another day's work). How do we get a fixtures schedule/format that can help the weaker counties that does not include a second tier championship? We could go for a champions league style groups from the start of the championship but then we could end up with fixtures such as Dublin v Waterford (sorry Waterford). But surely that wont help the weaker counties either, getting a hammering. I find it difficult to see a format that can help but would be interested to know what people think.

Green_Gold (Donegal) - Posts: 1873 - 20/10/2016 12:07:45    1927831

gunman (Donegal) - Posts: 1056 - 20/10/2016 12:10:24    1927833