There is a county bye law which states that the county board are only allowed to star so many games in the season
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This used to be the case but somewhere along the way the county board somehow did away with this rule. It used to be a maximum of 5 starred games. In 2017 there were 8 games starred which obviously didn't go down well with some clubs. I think since then they have stuck to Croke Park guidelines of games can only be starred if they are within 6 days of a qualifier.