Home Advantage?

[balladmaker]

As we know, home advantage in championship games can play a big part in the end result.

However, is there any need for the first team out of the hat to get home advantage?  In an age where there are more than enough neutral grounds to stage the games, why the need to present one team with home advantage?

Especially for the championship and qualifiers, all games should be at neutral venues imo.

Or is giving one team home advantage a way of ensuring a decent crowd turn out and thus gate revenue?

[bigpaul]

Your last line is the answer to your question.

[carnaross]

As we know, home advantage in championship games can play a big part in the end result.

However, is there any need for the first team out of the hat to get home advantage?  In an age where there are more than enough neutral grounds to stage the games, why the need to present one team with home advantage?

Especially for the championship and qualifiers, all games should be at neutral venues imo.

Or is giving one team home advantage a way of ensuring a decent crowd turn out and thus gate revenue?

Tell that to the Dubs

[Hoof Hearted]

i think that most countys have spent a lot o money on their grounds it would be a shame not to have the home team playing on it. like when the athletic grounds is ready it wouldnt seem right to have derry v down or tyrone v fermanagh playing and armagh playing somewhere else