The Championship

[Aldo3]

The microwaved, rushed format and the endless money grubbing by the Grab All Association - depriving fans of free to air access to games - has resulted in a damp squib of a championship that passes by so quickly that there's no time to enjoy it. Provincial finals in early May? Ffs.

You'll see evidence of the lack of interest once the games come to Croke Park in the latter stages. I mentioned this previously, but when I attended Dublin matches around 2008/09/10, when pillar Caffrey was the manager, first round Leinster championship matches used to sell out. It was mad. I remember going to Dublin v Offaly in the football and it being packed to the brim. Now they'd struggle to fill Croker for a semi final.

The Grab All Association have fked up big time.

 

[clarke-connolly]

The microwaved, rushed format and the endless money grubbing by the Grab All Association - depriving fans of free to air access to games - has resulted in a damp squib of a championship that passes by so quickly that there's no time to enjoy it. Provincial finals in early May? Ffs.

You'll see evidence of the lack of interest once the games come to Croke Park in the latter stages. I mentioned this previously, but when I attended Dublin matches around 2008/09/10, when pillar Caffrey was the manager, first round Leinster championship matches used to sell out. It was mad. I remember going to Dublin v Offaly in the football and it being packed to the brim. Now they'd struggle to fill Croker for a semi final.

The Grab All Association have fked up big time.

The GAA is gone Corporate ( Money Hungry Corporate )

Imagine the GAA going Globalist Corporate = = That would be the equivalent of the GAA of, 120 years ago / 100 years ago going = = Full British Empire Gimps ! ! !

 

[Hermit]

Yeah the round robin format sucks. Very unfair on the Munster counties too because they are so competitive. The home & away non-knockout format also makes the games less special. I haven't been to a Munster hurling game since pre-Covid. I used to love going up to Thurles for the games, with up to 50,000 people in the stadium. Waterford have their home games in a 12k capacity stadium so it's harder to get tickets, and the atmosphere in the stadium and the whole day trip experience is nothing compared to travelling up to Thurles. Waterford's summer will be over by middle of May for the fifth or sixth year running unless they can beat Limerick away. Last year's All-Ireland champions Tipperary could be knocked early out too.