Its unnecessary and rewards mediocrity.Agree with Joe, we asked for the spilt season and as a whole works well.
The midfield mark is a positive development, the forward mark should go.
Penalty’s possibly could be swapped with next
score wins with a toss to select direction of play and a shot clock if the game drags on too long, but games need to be settled on the day.
It’s less so the GAA that’s ruined football moreso managers have brought in ‘modern tactics’ and the rule book hasn’t changed in a way that’s kept the flow games 25 years ago would of had.
Why is the tailteann cup an embarrassment?
Should we do away with the intermediate and junior championships within Armagh following that logic?Its unnecessary and rewards mediocrity.
Sure why dont we get rid of Intermediate and junior teams. Put all into the snr and see what happens. Levels to the thing, personality i think there should be 3 comps at countyIts unnecessary and rewards mediocrity.
replied before i look at your response. Good minds think alike hahaShould we do away with the intermediate and junior championships within Armagh following that logic?
Your talking about club football though , I'm notSure why dont we ger rid of Intermediate and junior teams. Put all into the snr abd see what happens. Levels personality i thibk there should be 3 comps
Kerry have no particular advantage, except continually having high standards and not letting them slip. Their population is comparable to other places and they are not an especially important centre of business for funding purposes. Dublin is a totally different case, their dominance has greatly increasedThe real elephant in the room is the lop sided county structure with 2 teams consistently dominating.
Dublin or Kerry have been involved in 18 of the last 23 senior finals.
No matter what way they structure the championship these 2 counties will continue to dominate.
Dublin especially have nearly limitless resources in terms of population and finance
For me that is what spoils the championship, the sense of inevitability.
And the attendance at yesterdays semi final says it all - nearly 40000 empty seats for an All Ireland semi final is an embarrassment (although it turned out to be an excellent game Kerry were widely expected to win and the neutral had no interest)
They can move the deck chairs all they want but until they address this, the interest in the AI will continue to decline.
Kerry have no particular advantage, except continually having high standards and not letting them slip. Their population is comparable to other places and they are not an especially important centre of business for funding purposes. Dublin is a totally different case, their dominance has greatly increased
However, the population of Kerry, the size of its towns etc is not much different from Mayo or Donegal. They just get more out of it, in the same way as Cross win more in Armagh.The whole debate around 'Why Kerry' frequently raises its head on GAA Forums. A good number of years ago (certainly over ten), I saw a response from Bord na Mona Man, on GAABoard, that I thought was the best I'd seen and I kept it and use it every now and again for info. I regurgitate it again for your perusal.
Off the top of my head the main factors...
Large population (crucially no city)
Competing sports aren't strong
Tradition - which means:
- An expectation of winning
- Good coaching, as the skills and knowledge are widespread and seamlessly passed through generations
- The knowledge of what it requires to win trophies.
A reasonably high income county - Tourism, Fishing etc. Occupations that can be lucrative and not heavily taxed. This reduces emigration and also keeps the rural population healthy.
Rural clubs are more efficient than urban ones in producing county standard players per capita.
In a weak province for many years and now the qualifier system work in Kerry's favour
A healthy club scene that would appear to be less parochial than in other counties.
A county championship - Regional teams taking part in a very competitive structure.