Is it time to rethink the Championship format?

Conflicting arguments on the retention of the traditional Championship format emerged from Killarney and Thurles on Sunday. 

Tipperary’s mugging of Cork in the Munster SFC semi final provided a needed shot in the arm for the ring-fencers of how things are. Neatly forgotten was the paltry attendance at Semple Stadium - 2,734 - and as many of them Cork supporters, surprisingly.

When Tipp supporters took the social media Sunday night berating RTE for their patchy coverage of the summer’s first Championship shock, they should reflect how much it caught their own by surprise too, if footfall is a reliable barometer.