Is the earlier Championship a success or failure?

[shark]

A guy who left his club to join a rival club was never likely to be the best advertisement for the club game.

[yellowcard]

It sounds like Jason was not happy with the TV sporting entertainment on offer to him at the weekend. It was a weekend where there was a deficit of sport due to the cancellation of PL action among others. Also under the old GAA season only 2 Sundays in September were set aside for the AI finals so Sunday past would have been a free weekend anyway.

It sounds like now that he is out of the player/management bubble that he wants a return to a prolonged county season to satisfy his own entertainment needs so he is basically just looking out for himself. Which is similar to when he moved to a neighbouring rival club because his friends had retired.

[Franko]

https://www.rte.ie/sport/football/2022/0912/1322014-sherlock-split-season-requires-period-of-reflection/
Former Dublin star Jason Sherlock believes that the GAA's split-season format requires a period of reflection to ensure that all parties are as satisfied as possible.

An All-Ireland winner 27 years ago, Sherlock went on to manage his county at minor level and was also part of Jim Gavin's coaching staff for five Dublin Sam Maguire triumphs.

Now though, he is approaching the situation from the standpoint of a spectator, and he said that it's important that all personal biases are removed when deciding whether changes needed to be made.

"I kind of see it from a few different perspectives and like all changes, they're brought in for a reason," said Sherlock.

"At the moment, from a supporter perspective, it feels like it's a bit of a wrong thing to do, and rightly so.

"I was watching sport yesterday [Sunday], the Italian Grand Prix, the golf and the rugby and I'm not watching inter-county GAA. I had flicked on Ballygunner and Mount Sion but there is a deficit there from a supporters' perspective, and that's really important.

"The GAA is also an association, and how they progress and probably more importantly [consider] the players – inter-county players and also club players....it's important to factor in everyone's perspective to try and come up with the best solution.

What does this word salad even mean?

He'd rather watch the Monza GP or the BMW PGA than the Waterford Hurling Final?

The fact remains that in previous years he'd have most likely been watching NO Gaelic Games this weekend

So he could have watched the golf and F1 in peace

Wheisht Jayo, you're making a wally of yourself

[Gael85]

It sounds like Jason was not happy with the TV sporting entertainment on offer to him at the weekend. It was a weekend where there was a deficit of sport due to the cancellation of PL action among others. Also under the old GAA season only 2 Sundays in September were set aside for the AI finals so Sunday past would have been a free weekend anyway.

It sounds like now that he is out of the player/management bubble that he wants a return to a prolonged county season to satisfy his own entertainment needs so he is basically just looking out for himself. Which is similar to when he moved to a neighbouring rival club because his friends had retired.

Jayo left Na Fianna due to a dispute in club. He was 33 when transferred.

[yellowcard]

It sounds like Jason was not happy with the TV sporting entertainment on offer to him at the weekend. It was a weekend where there was a deficit of sport due to the cancellation of PL action among others. Also under the old GAA season only 2 Sundays in September were set aside for the AI finals so Sunday past would have been a free weekend anyway.

It sounds like now that he is out of the player/management bubble that he wants a return to a prolonged county season to satisfy his own entertainment needs so he is basically just looking out for himself. Which is similar to when he moved to a neighbouring rival club because his friends had retired.

Jayo left Na Fianna due to a dispute in club. He was 33 when transferred.

Well I'm only going by what he stated himself in his own autobiography.

https://www.sportsjoe.ie/gaa/gaa-club-transfers-that-shocked-the-county-jason-sherlock-242887

[seafoid]

Declan Bonner @ 1:07:50
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JiH-w6nydSw

[Franko]

The weather is the problem says the boul Declan

Speaking from Donegal, Ireland 

Straws are being clutched at a feverish rate

You'd have been better leaving that one out seafoid, cos if that's the best that can be offered then this is a done deal

[seafoid]

Here's Joe brolly in 2020 for ya, Franko

starts around 22:20
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=spt5PdYOmWY

[Rossfan]

https://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/arid-40965026.html

[seafoid]

Maybe a debate about August/ and possibly September would be in order.
They could start the League later

[Rossfan]

And play Co Finals Stephenses Day?

[Franko]

Maybe a debate about August/ and possibly September would be in order.
They could start the League later

Why would this debate be in order?

If anything, judging by Rossfan's post, the debate is settled

This schedule has been drawn up by people who have real time info on the financial implications of what they are doing

They seem to have (largely) ignored the main concerns of the opposing cohort, which can be summarised so far as;

Marketing
Weather

[Rossfan]

https://www.hoganstand.com/Article/Index/325098

Add around 120 Intermediate and 120 Junior.
Say an average 400 spectators per match = around 125,000 @ average €11 ,add programme sales, tay etc probably grosses €1.5m.


And while I'm at it...

https://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/arid-40965782.html

[Eire90]

The quarter finals of ulster can be run off in two days  two double headers Saturday and Sunday  three days if you wanted to have a friday night game lol.

[Blowitupref]

Pat Spillane has explained why he thinks playing All-Ireland Finals in July is "stupid".

"I'm against the split season."
While club championships are now well underway, Spillane feels that the GAA are missing a trick by curtailing the inter-county season so early.


"I'm completely against the split season," the former RTE pundit told the Irish Independent.

"We have taken our two best products, inter-county hurling and football, and taken them off the shop window for nine months.


"It's absolutely stupid."
"Now, when you take your best product out of the shop window for nine months, you give the opposition a chance. Maybe we're not going to go as far as the third Sunday in September to play an All-Ireland final, but at least take back the month of August.

"People say, 'oh, you're only saying that because you used to get paid for The Sunday Game' and that's a load of rubbish. I'm passionate about the GAA and a passionate GAA man, a passionate clubman and I like to see the GAA thriving.


"We've lost the month of August, we've lost the month of September and the main national papers are not talking about club matches. We're not talking about club matches and we're losing that opportunity for inter-county games, we need to change it. It's an own goal.

"It's absolutely stupid playing an All-Ireland in the middle of July. The funds for grassroots come from the inter-county game so without a vibrant inter-county calendar, we're cutting off our noses to spite our faces," he said.