Quote from: From the Bunker on October 11, 2019, 09:26:32 PMQuote from: Eamonnca1 on October 11, 2019, 05:19:06 PMQuote from: BennyCake on October 11, 2019, 01:38:31 PMQuote from: Ball Hopper on October 10, 2019, 07:51:41 PM
Is the GAA dead?
The county game is on life support. Give it a couple of years with a tiered championship, and you can switch off the machine.
One thing that will never die is the GAA obituaries industry. It's like Apple Computer in the 1990s, they were constantly "going out of business" too. The GAA's demise has been imminent for as long as I can remember, but in reality it's been going from strength to strength.
Look at the renaissance of hurling. The tiered championship doesn't seem to have done it one bit of harm. Today's system is an improvement over Cork obliterating Kerry in the Munster Hurling Championship to the point of people wondering what the point was of Kerry contesting it.
Yes the tiered system will be of great benefit to Offaly next year. Since it came in what county has it improved? Is there any? It has just created a plethora of yo-yo counties who win the Ring/Rackard/Meagher/McDonagh Cup and get relegated the next year.
People don't post as much because of posters like FtB who have just become chicken littles running around the place claiming the sky is falling in. His post on the tiered hurling championship is a good example of this chicken little syndrome. A tiered hurling championship gives smaller counties a chance to compete for something and to progress through the levels. Many of these counties have a handful of hurling clubs.
Does it improve hurling in the counties? Who knows but Sligo are never going to compete with Galway until they have far more hurlers to pick from. However, the tiered format at least gives the hurlers they have something to play for. I've yet to hear a hurler from a weaker county bemoan this system.
If the lads who think the world is going to end could stick to the many threads about that then perhaps the rest of us would post a bit more about the GAA.