ormondbannerman How would fixtures scheduling allow it? Have you not seen the current fixtures scheduling? How would you change things from what currently exists? How would you organise intercounty fixtures and then club fixtures every second week? Way too messy How would you get amateur players who train and play around work/college to engage with media more. what would you do to allow this. I was told by Malachy Clerkin no less that the main way journalists can talk to top players is at competition/product launches as they cant access the players anywhere else that much. How are the majority of intercounty games played in winter?? None are. All games are in spring, summer with some in autumn No. GAA journalists do not always focus on the negative. Who are the journalists who focus too much on the negative? By threatening to take away GAA coverage from RTE who would take up the slack to ensure same amount of games would be covered?
03/06/2013 13:41:16 uibhfhaili1986 Championship would be run like teh league and each county would no exactly when their matches would be played.Club matches to be arranged to be played in the weeks inbetween county matches. The club fixtures would be set in stone. As it is now alot of club palyers don't know when matches will be played and then a whole pile of club matches are played in short burst
Intercounty players are so fit they would have no problme playing a club match inbetween playing 2 county matches .The training to matches ratio is ridiculous at the moment.
A proper press copnference should be held every Wednesday before an intercounty match is played with 2 players present to answer questions.
Winter is the period before the clocks go forward.too many matches are played in Jan, February and March in my opinion.GAA is a summer sport.
The main Sunday game football pundits (whio are the most importanant GAA media figures) invariably focus on the neagative and they would turn you off watching a football match before it was played.
TV3 could fill RTE's gap.They may not be able to pay as much money as RTE but that hole could be filled until RTE decided to purchase GAA championship rights after losing out on big ratings winners during the summer time. Playing club games 1 week and intercounty the next will just mean the top players will get burned out. There is a way to give players exactly when theyre playing but simply with games every second week county management teams would find ways of getting their players out of club games and clubs wouldn't agree with that, Yes inter county players are very fit but constantly playing week in week out will lead to burnout and way more injuries. I do agree that at all levels in the GAA the training to matches ratio is ridiculous. proper press conference?? Players are amateurs and have work, college etc so don't have time for press conferences. Was doing a sports journalism course recently and malachy clerkin said a main way journalists get to interview players is at press launches as they otherwise find it difficult to arrange interviews etc I don't think sunday game panellists focus too much on negative at all. they don't really
03/06/2013 13:56:10 legendzxix The GAA have a gap every summer that they use to promote their games. Anyone thinking they are going to move away from there are wasting their time coming up with championship changes. If people want the league boosted, using it for seedings in the qualifiers or something like that would helphow can you use league for seeding. very unfair on lower division teams and only favours the strongest counties. would lead to more of strong getting stronger and weak getting weaker
ormondbannerman County: Clare how can you use league for seeding. very unfair on lower division teams and only favours the strongest counties. would lead to more of strong getting stronger and weak getting weaker
I don't think it's unfair when provincial championships have open draws. It'll be unfair for Tyrone to be drawn against a division 1 team or high division 2 team in Qualifier Round 1. The league needs an added edge. If teams performing well were rewarded with seeding in the qualifiers, more teams might take it more seriously and raise the standard of the competition.
If Kerry ever land back in the McCarthy Cup, I would still see seeding based on the league ok there as well. It's definitely not right that Waterford who had a bye to the Munster semi-finals are going to be seeded with other provincial semi-finalists to take on a Qualifier Round 1 winner.