POLL: What is your preferred All-Ireland Championship structure?

The GAA clubs and county boards all around the country are currently discussing a change to the All-Ireland Championship structure. What is your opinion on the two proposals on the table?

Read first and then tell us what you think: Which one would you prefer? We want to know your opinion!

First proposal:

The so-called ‘eight versus eight’ first proposal would see the provincial championships remain unchanged. The All-Ireland Senior Football Championship would then comprise the provincial finalists in one bowl, and another bowl with the Tailteann Cup winners and the seventh-highest placed teams in the National Football League who did not contest a provincial final. 

The two sets of teams would play against each other, with the provincial finalists enjoying home advantage against the other eight teams. The eight winners from that round of game would go into a ‘winners group,' and then play each other to eliminate four teams from the championship. Likewise, the eight teams who lost their first championship game would play against each other to eliminate four more teams, leaving eight teams to contest the All-Ireland quarter-finals.

Second proposal:

The other proposal being considered would see the provincial winners automatically qualify for the All-Ireland quarter-finals. The four other quarter-finalists would be decided by a round-robin phase with four three-team groups, with the only group-toppers progressing to the knockout stages.

Send us your thoughts to sport@mayonews.ie.