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Are these not the same rules that impacted the ulster u20 football last year where Derry lost out on I think 2 players but down took the hit and played them?

No, that was a rule that if you played IC Senior championship you couldn't play U20 IC championship.

It impacted a few Cork and Limerick hurlers over the last few years.

I don't believe that rule is transferrable to the club championships unless Antrim have adopted them as bye laws which is their right to do so if they want.

It is fact. I'm 100% certain of this. I know the Dunloy lads and management, was at the game and asked the question. Regulations stopped them from playing both competitions in the same week. They played in the earlier round against St Paul's.

It's not that they didn't play their u17s, they actually couldn't. Rules and regulations prohibited them playing in championship of separate age groups in same week

U19 looks to have been a pretty complete championship unless you have a preference for group stages as well.

But all games from quarter final through seem to have been completed.

Appreciate Dunloy didn't play their minors - would many of them have started? In my head I am thinking if missing more senior players would have been a bigger problem.  But they were well beaten in the semi final.

Maybe the lack of at least one from Dunloy, Cushendall or Loughgeil in the final is what devalues the competition in the eyes of some? 

Can't be a competition if one of them didn't win😂

They had 6 starters missing from the u19 team. Glenariffe/Glenravel would probably have been too strong but it would have been a closer contest.

Dunloy didn't hold back the minors. Rules and regulations meant they couldn't play so close to the minor game on the Saturday.

Madness but hey ho. Is what it is

Slaughtneil beat by Glen in football last night (dire game). Full focus on hurling and a potential meeting with Cushendall.
I know a few from Slaughtneil wanted Dunloy again, obviously, but wanted Cushendall to win Antrim as they had never beaten them before.

Another intriguing game in store should it happen.

Really is no such thing as your classic corner forward nowadays anyway. Likes of Seaan Elliott would have been 15 years ago or less, now he's a power runner from deep. Deep laying attacker.
Impossible job to narrow it down over three grades. Always going to be someone left out.
It's better than nothing at all though!

Have we any idea who it is that selects the nominees?

Has to be difficult to get the blend right of all three grades. Plus, positions in football are outdated.