Burns believes that if counties agree to a uniform league and championship structure, it will allow the inter-county championship campaign to extend into September
GAA president Jarlath Burns thinks the All-Ireland football and hurling finals can return to September.
“But if you’re organising the GAA’s master fixtures plan, what you bump into is 32 fixture making bodies, the Higher Education body and multiply that by two because you have hurling and football. “Let’s say groups of four for the championship like most counties do it. We’re not saying you have to do it this way, but if you don’t, you do so at your own risk.
Burns also revealed how meetings with the NFL's Pittsburgh Steelers have illuminated potential ways for the GAA to implement a stricter closed season for inter-county players. “When I rang counties last year suggesting putting cameras in centres of excellence, people laughed at me saying, ‘Catch a grip’. That’s how stark it has to be.”
“But all we’re doing is everybody is moving up, and the players are the people losing out. The last people you blame for this are managers. The supporters are telling the managers to get out there and win a match.
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