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the division 3 final is effectively a sam maguire playoff and first all Ireland knockout match of the season unless either team rich provincial final.

Mickey harte says it be a disgrace if they scrapped league finals i agree with him and derry would have won league if there was no final.

do you think dublin will try and  blitz derry like they did with tyrone to put down and statement and a psychological blow to mickey harte and derry say dublin hammer derry by 15 points

sinn fein  continue to slide in the polls not looking good for them.

it shows hes hardly the peoples choice

harris took 15 rounds to get voted  in in wicklow

are they terrified of the rise of the far right are they going to call early general election to minimise damage.

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Don't entirely disagree with canavan's sentiment, but you'd have to say that without a league final, there'd be far less likelihood of games having anything on the line and most games would likely be dead rubbers.
No need for d.2, d.3 or d.4 finals - pointless.

Re div 1, be nice to have some incentive that'd really make it worth winning - guaranteed top seed in Sam groups or something?
Or, something I proposed before, get rid of the neutral game (which is stupid anyway) and have the provincial winners and 4 second seeds (determined by league placings) get 2 home games.
To make the league final count - we could make League winners the top seed, the remaining 3 top seeds could be the winners of the strongest 3 provinces - determined by average league placings of participants.
That'd maybe put the warm weather training out of Kerry!!!

i have said merge the connaght and munster championships and the 4 seeds be 3 provincial winners and league champions.

if two teams are competing  for league and there is no final what about the trophy celebration i dont think the gaa are going to employ someone to fly a helicopter like premier league.

its the nature of straight leagues to have some teams with nothing to play for on last day you could increase some jeopardy by having the team that comes 3rd bottom enter a playoff promotion/relegation with the team that came 3rd in lower division.

Yeah, I agree. Whoever comes first wins the league.

Give lads an extra week break until championship.

lads an extra break is not only a few teams that will be playing the week after league final anyway

exactly why can they not move all ireland back why the obsession with finishing early.

https://www.rte.ie/sport/football/2024/0317/1438502-canavan-ditching-finals-would-aid-integrity-of-league/

RTÉ football analyst Peter Canavan believes the time may have come to dispense with league finals, arguing that it would benefit the integrity of the competition.
While no team has officially booked their spot in the Division 1 final in 2024 - though Derry are on the brink - Canavan believes that league finals increase the likelihood of teams picking weakened sides in these circumstances.
Last season, Mayo were already assured of league final place with a round to spare, availing of the opportunity, in the midst of a tight schedule, to rest players for the final game against Monaghan.
Though the match was of little consequence to Mayo, it had huge implications for the relegation battle, Vinny Corey's side grabbing a vital win in Castlebar, which ultimately saw Armagh demoted after they lost away to Tyrone on the same afternoon.
In Canavan's estimation, if the league title was simply awarded to the team that finished top of the table after seven rounds, this would lessen the chances of this scenario occurring.
"The nature of the league with the league finals is that teams that are already through, could play weakened teams," Canavan said on Allianz League Sunday.
"And that could be to the detriment of some team. It could put some team down.
"I would say there would be a lot of support if they decided to look into the structure of the National League, to do away with the league finals. I know that mightn't go down well in some quarters.
"The integrity of the competition is paramount and at the minute I don't think you're getting that.
"And if it was a straight race to the top, then Kerry would be going out trying to win their last game, Donegal and Armagh likewise in their last game in Division 2."

if only the league leader wins the league one team could be playing against a team fighting relegation where another team trying to win league his playing a team with nothing to play for no matter what you do your going to have these scenarios.

no it make last day more boring as less to play for sometimes


split league in two if concerned with fixtures or have divisions of 6 or 7