Seems like everyone is jumping on the bandwagon
https://www.rte.ie/sport/hurling/2024/0319/1438841-scrap-league-final-or-give-table-toppers-just-rewards/
Should Tipperary and Kilkenny come out on top I think it would make for a more honest and open league final as neither will face each other again unless in the All-Ireland series, so no need to hold back there really. Tipp will be the last team to puck a ball in the Liam MacCarthy and Kilkenny's first game is against Antrim so that window for recovery is good for both those teams. So from a neutral viewpoint we all want a Kilkenny and Tipp win this weekend...
I think the winner of the league should be just that: the top team at the end of the group league games, no semis, no final. Straight away you've knocked off two weeks of games and thus allowed at least a four-week break for teams to fine tune for the championship. A chance for them to let the hair down, take a break away from the cauldron of inter-county life for a few days, maybe even a week, recharge the batteries and go at it full tilt again, just like the good old days!...
https://www.rte.ie/sport/hurling/2024/0319/1438841-scrap-league-final-or-give-table-toppers-just-rewards/
Should Tipperary and Kilkenny come out on top I think it would make for a more honest and open league final as neither will face each other again unless in the All-Ireland series, so no need to hold back there really. Tipp will be the last team to puck a ball in the Liam MacCarthy and Kilkenny's first game is against Antrim so that window for recovery is good for both those teams. So from a neutral viewpoint we all want a Kilkenny and Tipp win this weekend...
I think the winner of the league should be just that: the top team at the end of the group league games, no semis, no final. Straight away you've knocked off two weeks of games and thus allowed at least a four-week break for teams to fine tune for the championship. A chance for them to let the hair down, take a break away from the cauldron of inter-county life for a few days, maybe even a week, recharge the batteries and go at it full tilt again, just like the good old days!...