NFL Division 2 - 2020

[BennyCake]

What incentives are there for winning the tier 2 championship?

A 45 second highlights package on TSG.

[Look-Up!]

I don't think the incentives of the back door are that obvious either apart from the extra games which you get anyway.
Plenty of players have shown contempt for the qualifiers down through the years.
It's a new format and maybe not as much a feel of a leper colony about it as the Tommy Murphy Cup had. The landscape has changed a bit over the last 10 years too so there might be a bit more of an appetite this time round. 

[Blowitupref]

What incentives are there for winning the tier 2 championship?

A Croke Park final we are told and will be live on TV. I'll be very surprised if counties going into the Tommy Murphy don't have a bigger increase on opt outs.

[Captain Obvious]

For teams in the 8-20 ranking bracket championship is more often than not a damp squib once you lose first game.
Personally if Cavan are in Division 3 and lose to Monaghan I wouldn't be too despondent about facing into B championship. I'd actually see the benefits long term of possibly getting to a reasonable profile final against a decent opponent instead of just seeing the season peter out with tepid following.
Anyone else the same?

Will have about the same interest and importance has a Division 3 league final.

[AFM]

What incentives are there for winning the tier 2 championship?

A 45 second highlights package on TSG.

If that, a joke of a competition.

[BennyCake]

What incentives are there for winning the tier 2 championship?

A Croke Park final we are told and will be live on TV. I'll be very surprised if counties going into the Tommy Murphy don't have a bigger increase on opt outs.

The Timmy Murphy final was at Croke Park and live on TV. Tier 2 will decimate county football in 20-odd counties.

[Solo_run]

What incentives are there for winning the tier 2 championship?

A Croke Park final we are told and will be live on TV. I'll be very surprised if counties going into the Tommy Murphy don't have a bigger increase on opt outs.

The Timmy Murphy final was at Croke Park and live on TV. Tier 2 will decimate county football in 20-odd counties.

They should have just created North, East, South and West conferences. Instead we have something much worse in place.

[BennyCake]

What incentives are there for winning the tier 2 championship?

A Croke Park final we are told and will be live on TV. I'll be very surprised if counties going into the Tommy Murphy don't have a bigger increase on opt outs.

The Timmy Murphy final was at Croke Park and live on TV. Tier 2 will decimate county football in 20-odd counties.

They should have just created North, East, South and West conferences. Instead we have something much worse in place.

That's not much difference to the provincials. Open draw is the only way. Never going to happen though.

[DuffleKing]

Why is the worthiness of any competition measured by the TV coverage? That seems a mental approach within an amateur association. Not many county finals shown on TV - does that weaken their impact on the competitors or supporters?

[Solo_run]

What incentives are there for winning the tier 2 championship?

A Croke Park final we are told and will be live on TV. I'll be very surprised if counties going into the Tommy Murphy don't have a bigger increase on opt outs.

The Timmy Murphy final was at Croke Park and live on TV. Tier 2 will decimate county football in 20-odd counties.

They should have just created North, East, South and West conferences. Instead we have something much worse in place.

That's not much difference to the provincials. Open draw is the only way. Never going to happen though.

Do teams in D3 and D4 who get to their provincial finals go into the tier 1 competition or do they stay in tier 2?

[Captain Obvious]

What incentives are there for winning the tier 2 championship?

A Croke Park final we are told and will be live on TV. I'll be very surprised if counties going into the Tommy Murphy don't have a bigger increase on opt outs.

The Timmy Murphy final was at Croke Park and live on TV. Tier 2 will decimate county football in 20-odd counties.

They should have just created North, East, South and West conferences. Instead we have something much worse in place.

That's not much difference to the provincials. Open draw is the only way. Never going to happen though.

Do teams in D3 and D4 who get to their provincial finals go into the tier 1 competition or do they stay in tier 2?

Tier 1. As ever provincial final loser play round 3 winners in round 4 of the qualifiers.

[Rossfan]

It will now be the Round 1 winners playing the Provincial losers in Round 2.

[armaghniac]

It will now be the Round 1 winners playing the Provincial losers in Round 2.

Which would make round 1 of the qualifiers a fairly evenly matched affair. The really strong teams, Dublin Kerry etc will not be involved, there will be no Div 3/4 minnows, and there might not be much between any teams playing.

[giveballaghback]

Winner of tier 2 qualifies for the tier 1 championship the following year regardless of league position.

[Look-Up!]

Time will tell if it gets traction. Chance of provincial success however slim is still there so no change on that front.
Think the Super 8's have killed any real hope for counties having a one off wonder after provincials.