The new championship structure begins this weekend and together with its machine-gun scheduling will ask fundamental questions of all teams
At the moment the Central Competitions Control Committee are saying nothing but presumably the ambient sense is ‘smug’. Having proposed the innovation of making those counties who finish on top of the four respective tables the title winners, CCCC watched as Central Council decided to retain the old system with its inconvenient finals.Will Mayo ultimately be glad that they won the league? The answer to that remains to emerge but next Sunday’s outcome will have a major bearing.
The biggest question of all may be the extent to which the provincial championships can survive the G-force of a Mach 10 fixtures schedule? The problem with the recast function of the provinces is that success no longer guarantees sufficient reward to make it desirable. It is guaranteed that four Division One teams will be waiting in that third pot while half of the provincial finalists are certain to be from outside the top flight.
There is a strong belief that the calendar will be afforded a bit more space but any additional weeks will by hard won. It’s not a simple click of the fingers.
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