Letters to the editor: Hurling is being relegated in the fixture list

A reader takes the GAA to task for scheduling these All-Ireland quarter-finals for early on one June Saturday

Reader John Arnold points out that knockout games are scheduled to be played at 1.15pm and 3.15pm on Saturday, June 22. Picture: Brendan Moran/Sportsfile

I am not an advocate of the split season in the GAA, a system that means no adult club player gets to play club championship hurling or football in the months of May, June or July, the best months of the year with generally fine weather, long evenings, schools on holidays and no one rushing to make games and training before dark.

Long term, I feel the split season will have a detrimental effect, especially on hurling, but it’s ‘in’ for this year at least, with a review at year’s end.