Antrim Football Thread

[outinfront]

League relegation should only be linked with league performance.
Winning a championship means you should play up the following year eg win JFC play IFC next year.
In Down winning a championship does not gain you league promotion but promotes you up a level for next season's Championship.
In Tyrone winning a championship promotes you for the next year in both Championship level and Division status.

My club Bredagh have won two IFCs recently and have played up in SFC (winning championships is the ultimate goal) but we have not yet managed to get promotion from Div2 to 1, which is where you need to be if you are to compete in the SFC.  You need them competitive games week in week out to improve.  However getting promotion from Div2 is a very difficult task.  Obviously I would say the Tyrone reward system is good.  What do others feel about that? Benefits and downsides?

Also good luck to St Enda's this weekend, some past pupils playing and it will be great to see it on TG4!

[tintin25]

Take it that if passed the above proposals would take effect next year?

[Points a Good Score]

No, trying to implement for the incoming season.

[Belfast GAA man]

Is this is all because st Endas were div 1 and intermediate last year? Can't remember too much talk about it before...

[Milltown Row2]

Is this is all because st Endas were div 1 and intermediate last year? Can't remember too much talk about it before...

Personally I don't think that was the reason, it's right that clubs do that in fairness though.. be interesting to see (if done when the hurling leagues/championship) if let's say Ballycastle are relegated in hurling and compete in the intermediate hurling championship.. would be a one sided competition in all fairness.

We as a club can't compete in the All Ireland club series for five years (though not sure it's still in place) in hurling so we'll have to compete at a level well above our standard, being a yo-yo club that's not fair also

[delgany]

Was the five year rule not reduced by Ulster gaa because lots of teams were being disadvantaged by this rule?

[Milltown Row2]

Was the five year rule not reduced by Ulster gaa because lots of teams were being disadvantaged by this rule?

I'm not sure tbh, but it's unfair.

[delgany]

https://www.irishnews.com/sport/hurlingandcamogie/2018/03/03/news/controversial-ulster-club-hurling-rule-cut-again---this-time-from-three-years-to-two-1268779/

[Milltown Row2]

Well that makes sense, I like the line about players who are 29/30 and wondering if they'll get to that stage again and retiring before their time!

Ourselves Cloghmills and others of that level will like that move, our current squad will throw their heap into senior championship for two years, that will hopefully bring on their experience at a level and benefit the clubs profile in attracting juveniles

[Na Glinntí Glasa]

a sensible outcome to all of this.

2 years is more a realistic time to be up a grade to see if your capable of holding your own. then you can make the choice to stay or go back down.

id rather clubs tried to stick it out to try and improve themselves as a senior team but for the likes of cloughmills its very difficult due to not having an underage set up

[DownFanatic]

Has it been the case in Antrim this past while that a football club can just decide at the season's start what championship they want to play in for the year ahead?

[outinfront]

Has it been the case in Antrim this past while that a football club can just decide at the season's start what championship they want to play in for the year ahead?

Yes. St Edna's playing Intermediate is the one that has currently had a lot of people talking.
Although I know of several times where teams winning the JFC have remained in that grade the following year.

[belfastsaff]

there is no joking about this situation st endas should be winning this all Ireland. They are a decent division 1 team putting some good performances and results in all year in div 1. The team they play at the weekend are a Division 2 team - people aren't happy with what they have done but it will be even more embarrassing for them if they don't win it now.

[Na Glinntí Glasa]

Glad that divisions will determine your championship. Feel for the Gorts and I suppose everyone else St Enda's beat because being a Div 1 team they robbed the genuine Div 2 clubs of the chance to win their championship but this year a new year and hopefully lessons learned.

Good luck to St Enda's at the weekend though. They should win being a Div 1 team against a Div 2 side. 👀

the year we got to the ulster final against Ballinagh from Cavan they were a Div1 team and had county senior players in their team. It seems to happen not only in our own county.

[imtommygunn]

there is no joking about this situation st endas should be winning this all Ireland. They are a decent division 1 team putting some good performances and results in all year in div 1. The team they play at the weekend are a Division 2 team - people aren't happy with what they have done but it will be even more embarrassing for them if they don't win it now.

Don't talk shit. As said by others division 1 teams from other counties go into this plus it is not like we are a strong football county. The only embarassing thing is your post. Incredibly petty.