Replying To Tadhg2020:  "No, im not going to redraw the provinces just to ease your sense of injustice. They are what they are and always have been. They have served both this country and this association well and will continue to do so. Im not aware of any county that wishes to leave their province and be part of another. Im a proud limerick and munster man. I have no desire to become a leinster man. I dont believe any football county wants to leave their province.
Im acutely aware that Galway joined Leinster in hurling. Thats a very different matter though. There are no other competing counties in Connacht."

Replying To TheFlaker:  "You are a gas man. Dramatic to say the least. Say they are what they are is such an old fashioned frame of mind. Hurling is struggling to draw eyes from outside their core following because it only has 1 strong province. Leinster a bit better and the weaker counties improving but outside of Galway on their day there's no All Ireland contender there.

Football structures are also evolving because the provincial system is not fit for purpose. Behind the scenes the powerful people on each provincial council are working hard to ensure the provincial championships stay relevant because they know pressure is increasing each year. Mayo lost to Roscommon and performed dreadfully. But everyone leaving the ground that day was still thinking about the draw and getting players back and making a quarter final. And Roscommon are gone after putting everything they had into winning Connacht."