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Replying To Whammo86:  "The thing is that neither seeding or no seeding is great.

With seeding 2 teams get an easy run but with no seeding a weak team can get a handy route to the All Ireland that probably does them no good anyway.

Seeding or not the actual issue is that the reward for getting to a Provincial final is too great because of the inequality between them."
That's it. All provinces at the end of the day can only produce one winner. If you are going down the road of provincial winners only:
1) All Ireland Round 1 should have all 8 games on the same weekend, two weeks after the Ulster and Leinster finals.
2) A Tailteann 8 and a Third Tier 8 would have to start their Round 1 on the same weekend as All Ireland Round 1.
3) Round 2A winners from the Tailteann 8 and from the Third Tier 8 would have to host semi finals on the same weekend as the All Ireland quarter finals.

If agreement is reached on all that - happy days!

legendzxix (Kerry) - Posts: 9810 - 13/06/2026 15:45:54    2679252

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Replying To Expertinall:  "Deflective answer again, I have always said the system needs to be equal, never said a particular team should never have to play another team of any calibre. I am always happy to highlight the cosy arrangement in munster, which flies in the face of equality! And why so defensive of Kerry, maybe you see them as standard bearers in Munster for yous, rather than actually competing with them?"
Cork have just beaten Donegal in Donegal. Munster football not just one team after all. Cork would be a top 8 team in your system too which you have never mentikned either.

Tadhg2020 (Limerick) - Posts: 574 - 13/06/2026 16:46:43    2679262

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