John Fogarty: GAA Congress may shelve championship restructure but change is coming

For an organisation whose leaders insist that change is needed, the silence has been deafening

A general view of the 2020 GAA Congress. File photo: INPHO/Tom O'Hanlon

During last Thursday’s online meeting of county treasurers, Down’s Diarmuid Cahill revealed that his fellow board members were in the process of debating the two championship proposals ahead of Special Congress.

With the GAA’s projected gate receipts for the formats only being revealed that night — just nine days out from the pivotal vote — how were his colleagues expected to make an informed decision, he wondered.