Tailteann Cup 2022

[full moon]

Any idea what the GAA will charge into this  opposition. If its the same price as a championship game then the crowds will be poor. I'd say 10 euro would be plenty and free for u16s.

It could be free for everyone and there will be nobody at it. The attendances for Division 3/4 teams this year were very small.

Most teams had no travelling supporters in Division 4.

Don`t know where you are getting this info from , Tipp Supporters took a Bus to every away game and many travelled by car . Every game in Semple had away support including a large contingent from London !

Well Cavan had 4 home matches and Carlow, Wexford and Waterford had no fans there. Tipp had a small amount. Not attacking those counties either that's just the reality of football in Division 4

[imtommygunn]

What is your solution? Division 4 gets no supporters but the same teams won't have many come championship, They might if they have a chance of winning something.

[From the Bunker]

What is your solution? Division 4 gets no supporters but the same teams won't have many come championship, They might if they have a chance of winning something.

The solution is the rewards.

Automatic inclusion in the AI series next season regardless of Divisional status.
Replace Minors as undercard on AI final day.
When giving TV rights, Semi-finals and finals must be covered live as part of the Package.
Call the competition The All Ireland Tailteann Cup
Give the winners a Holiday tour.

[onefineday]

What is your solution? Division 4 gets no supporters but the same teams won't have many come championship, They might if they have a chance of winning something.

The solution is the rewards.

Automatic inclusion in the AI series next season regardless of Divisional status.
Replace Minors as undercard on AI final day.
When giving TV rights, Semi-finals and finals must be covered live as part of the Package.
Call the competition The All Ireland Tailteann Cup
Give the winners a Holiday tour.

I almost agree entirely, the only tweak I would suggest is that instead of guaranteeing a spot in the following year's all Ireland, give the winners automatic promotion to division 2.
It will need 3 teams to be relegated, but sure that spices up d2 even more!! If the winner comes from d.4 then 3rd bottom in d3 drops down. D3/4 teams losing provincial finals can opt into tailteann or Sam, whichever suits.
It's a real incentive and there's little chance we wouldn't have a competition being taken seriously by most entrants.

[imtommygunn]

Yeah I like that idea.

[lenny]

What is your solution? Division 4 gets no supporters but the same teams won't have many come championship, They might if they have a chance of winning something.

The solution is the rewards.

Automatic inclusion in the AI series next season regardless of Divisional status.
Replace Minors as undercard on AI final day.
When giving TV rights, Semi-finals and finals must be covered live as part of the Package.
Call the competition The All Ireland Tailteann Cup
Give the winners a Holiday tour.

Sensible enough suggestions.

[Farrandeelin]

What is your solution? Division 4 gets no supporters but the same teams won't have many come championship, They might if they have a chance of winning something.

The solution is the rewards.

Automatic inclusion in the AI series next season regardless of Divisional status.
Replace Minors as undercard on AI final day.
When giving TV rights, Semi-finals and finals must be covered live as part of the Package.
Call the competition The All Ireland Tailteann Cup
Give the winners a Holiday tour.

Sensible enough suggestions.

Yeah, apart from replacing minors on All-Ireland day in my opinion. Maybe the day before - to give competing counties enough tickets.

[Milltown Row2]

What is your solution? Division 4 gets no supporters but the same teams won't have many come championship, They might if they have a chance of winning something.

The solution is the rewards.

Automatic inclusion in the AI series next season regardless of Divisional status.
Replace Minors as undercard on AI final day.
When giving TV rights, Semi-finals and finals must be covered live as part of the Package.
Call the competition The All Ireland Tailteann Cup
Give the winners a Holiday tour.

Sensible enough suggestions.

Yeah, apart from replacing minors on All-Ireland day in my opinion. Maybe the day before - to give competing counties enough tickets.

So if the teams are playing on the Saturday and their seniors are on the Sunday that would certainly affect the attendances

[Rossfan]

Isn't Farr saying play Tailteann Final on Saturday so people can easily get tickets?
As I said before there should be an AI Finals weekend
Saturday Minor, U20 and Tailteann
Sunday Senior and the new Junior

[onefineday]

What is your solution? Division 4 gets no supporters but the same teams won't have many come championship, They might if they have a chance of winning something.

The solution is the rewards.

Automatic inclusion in the AI series next season regardless of Divisional status.
Replace Minors as undercard on AI final day.
When giving TV rights, Semi-finals and finals must be covered live as part of the Package.
Call the competition The All Ireland Tailteann Cup
Give the winners a Holiday tour.

Sensible enough suggestions.

Yeah, apart from replacing minors on All-Ireland day in my opinion. Maybe the day before - to give competing counties enough tickets.

Has to be played as immediate curtain raiser to the all Ireland final. Anything else devalues it.
For the displaced minors that's tough, but chances are they'll have big days in the future and are they really more deserving of an all Ireland final day appearance than an Emlyn Mulligan or Ben Brosnan who've toiled for years for little acclaim??
I like the idea of playing all football finals over a weekend at the end of August, with all the hurling finals the week before.
Any thoughts on my promotion proposal? For my money it works better than automatic entry to the all Ireland series the following year because it gives them a better opportunity to prepare, it reduces messing in trying to leave room for an extra team who won't have qualified otherwise and if they're not good enough they'll be relegated back to tailteann and ensures everyone has the same incentive at the start of the league.

[Rossfan]

Disagree with Tailteann Final as curtain raiser to Senior Final.
The TC Finalists will only get about 1500 tickets each.
It should be €10 or €15 tickets with u16s €1 and PROMOTE the fkn thing.
GAA generally poor on Promoting their games.

[Farrandeelin]

Isn't Farr saying play Tailteann Final on Saturday so people can easily get tickets?
As I said before there should be an AI Finals weekend
Saturday Minor, U20 and Tailteann
Sunday Senior and the new Junior

Exactly the reason, as people are pointing out for it to work, there's no point in having about 2000 tickets going to each TC finalist - especially when the fans have no chance of seeing any success apart from it.

[thewobbler]

Great ideas lads.

Let's put it on its own in the Saturday in Croke Park, in front of 5,000 people even with u16s going free. An empty stadium and a cup nobody gives a damn about winning. That'll really get the juices flowing for those players.

It's almost like you want to repeat the Tommy Murphy all over again. Because that was so successful, wasn't it?

[Rossfan]

If you don't mind we're trying to have an adult conversation here.

[thewobbler]

If you don't mind we're trying to have an adult conversation here.

But you're not. You and a few others are 95% of the way through dreaming up the Tommy Murphy Cup in its entirety. As a conversation it is bereft of original thought, and refuses to acknowledge the elephant in the room that county footballers don't want this competition. This is not adult behaviour.