For the life of me I cannot get the rationale for people within the GAA constantly belittling existing GAA competitions. The latest bandwagon is that the league final is a bad thing. Not too long ago there was a school of thought about how league success and AI success were inextricably linked but following Mayo's blip last year there appears to be a head of steam building towards doing away with the league final. And if you think I'm over reacting think back to when the black card and forward mark [to name but 2 shitshow ideas] were introduced and how the momentum for those were generated.
There seems to be a school of thought out there which would support the following:
The McKenna Cup & other provincial preseason comps are a waste of time and should be scrapped.
The provincial championships are not fit for purpose and should replace the preseason comps.
The National League is meaningless and should be used instead as a seeding competition for the Championship.
TBF I never hear these things talked about, or indeed even mentioned, outside the confines of media studios, newspaper columns or this board. But you can be sure that if some windbag says something on TV or a podcast it will have a large band of people on here claiming it as their own original proposal during the following week.
PS not saying Peter C is a windbag, but if Tyrone were top of the league and gunning for the final instead of Derry there might have been a different slant to his argument ;-)
There seems to be a school of thought out there which would support the following:
The McKenna Cup & other provincial preseason comps are a waste of time and should be scrapped.
The provincial championships are not fit for purpose and should replace the preseason comps.
The National League is meaningless and should be used instead as a seeding competition for the Championship.
TBF I never hear these things talked about, or indeed even mentioned, outside the confines of media studios, newspaper columns or this board. But you can be sure that if some windbag says something on TV or a podcast it will have a large band of people on here claiming it as their own original proposal during the following week.
PS not saying Peter C is a windbag, but if Tyrone were top of the league and gunning for the final instead of Derry there might have been a different slant to his argument ;-)