John Fogarty: Split season still divides opinion

In the past, the GAA drummed up attention around low-profile league games by arranging interviews with participating players. There are some club matches that deserve the same treatment
John Fogarty: Split season still divides opinion

BUYERS REMORSE: Former GPA chief Paul Flynn rejects the part he played in the creation of a split season. Pic: Matt Browne/Sportsfile

High on a happy vibe after seeing his Ballygunner team see off Na Piarsaigh in a most excellent Munster senior semi-final on Sunday, manager Darragh O’Sullivan was only delighted to declare it an advertisement for the split season.

“I think the club player has to have his time and that’s his time now and that’s the way it should be,” he said. “If you ask people in RTÉ, maybe they’ll say ‘no’ because hurling isn’t getting the profile when it needs to have it but that was phenomenal today. It’s what the association is about, the club, the spirit, and the heart. They should put that (game) on a video and send it around the world and say these are club sides getting nothing for it. Phenomenal.”

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