Quote from: Verbal on Today at 11:08:33 AMThose responsible for pushing the 10 team championship should hang their heads.
The County Board tried to be clever at the time as well with the proposals that actually went to county committee and that backfired.
8 teams.
Open draw format.
Winners side & Losers side.
Draw after every round.
What we have now is an underage development blitz format.Quote from: Verbal on August 10, 2024, 11:05:45 PMIt is an horrendous decision.Agree with the points above. It appeared at the time that some Football only clubs who had no direct interest in hurling were actively canvassed which contributed to the decision to go to 10. Rather than 10, we should be looking at 6 teams. Some people will justify 10 teams based on yesterday's result but the reality is that if Mossy Keyes and Mark Dowling were there yesterday, it would be hard to see Portlaoise getting back into the game. The next few weeks will be interesting as I expect some heavy beatings to be dished out.
No basis for thinking that we have more than 8 Senior teams.
It didn't stop Portlaoise & Abbeyleix building back up following relegation.
It will promote mediocrity all round. 3-4 clubs every year knowing that all they have to do is beat X or Y to avoid relegation.
This has a direct impact on training levels and quality.
Which has a direct impact on the quality of play.
Which has a direct impact on the standard of hurling in the county.
The idea of "exposing more players to senior is a myth".
We are exposing them to mediocrity.