Suggestion: AI Fixture Plan - a game every 3 weeks

Weekend 1 - 22/May - Provincial Preliminary Round - Football

Weekend 2 - 29/May - Provincial Quarter-finals - Football & Hurling
Weekend 3 - 05/Jun - Provincial Quarter-finals - Football & Hurling

Weekend 4 - 12/Jun - Provincial Semi-finals - Football & Hurling
Weekend 5 - 19/Jun - Provincial Semi-finals - Football & Hurling
Weekend 6 - 26/Jun - Provincial Semi-finals - Football

Weekend 7 - 03/Jul - Provincial Final - Football & Hurling
Weekend 8 - 10/Jul - Provincial Final - Football & Hurling
Weekend 9 - 17/Jul - Provincial Final - Football

Weekend 10 - 24/Jul - All-Ireland Round of 16 - Football
Weekend 11 - 31/Jul - All-Ireland Round of 16 - Football

Weekend 12 - 07/Aug - All-Ireland Quarter-finals - Hurling
Weekend 13 - 14/Aug - All-Ireland Quarter-finals - Football

Weekend 14 - 21/Aug - All-Ireland Semi-finals - Hurling
Weekend 15 - 28/Aug - All-Ireland Semi-finals - Football

Weekend 16 - 04/Sep - All-Ireland Final - Hurling

Weekend 17 - 18/Sep - All-Ireland Final - Football

The above is an example of a timescale for the All-Ireland championships. With proper fixture planning all teams should have a game every 3 weeks.

Football:
Rounds 3 and 4 of the qualifiers should be replaced with a Round of 16. The 8 provincial finalists should be drawn against 8 teams that come through from the qualifiers. Give provincial champions a home tie against the 4 lowest qualifiers based on league placing. Draw provincial runners-up against the higher 4 with a separate draw for home tie.

Hurling:
The 4 provincial finalists should be drawn against 4 teams coming through the qualifiers in the quarter-finals. Give provincial champions a home tie against the 2 lowest qualifiers based on league placing. Draw provincial runners-up against the higher 2 with a separate draw for home tie.

The only part above that might be a problem for the GAA is having the All-Ireland hurling semi-finals played on one weekend and the same for the football. This years championship starts on the 15th of May. If they were to stick with All-Ireland semi-finals on separate weekends, the above would have to start 2 weeks earlier.

legendzxix (Kerry) - Posts: 10082 - 06/04/2016 20:17:47    1842824