It would be the moral embarrassment of from winning 4 All Ireland Senior Club titles to been relegated to Junior that would be damaging. Some Senior teams have never won a All Ireland Club title and as far as I can remember haven't played Intermediate let alone Junior.....Ardrahan would be one example. It's hard to beat grassland tradition.....these old Clubs who have produced good hurlers through the 20s,30s,40s,50s,60s,70s,80s90s always seem to find away of keeping their Club alive at a decent standard of hurling. That current Premier Junior is more like footballers who play hurling! Or as one lad said "hurlball Competition "
This is what I would like 4 group Senior winners into QF 4 group runners up in PQF Example St Thomas Loughrea, Clarinbridge, Turloughmore QF Castlegar, T.Larkins, L.Mellows, Athenry PQF PQF Castlegar v North Galway ,T.Larkins v Galway City/West, L.Mellows v East Galway, Athenry v South Galway. Imagine East Galway v Clarinbridge or Turloughmore in the Senior QF!! P.S East Galway would have the advantage of picking from about 10 Clubs