Geography should no longer be the barometer for competitiveness

As the championship has now officially thrown in, we’re sure to get another barrage of negative commentary about the inequality of the inter-county football showpiece competition in the coming weeks, as top tier teams devour some of the also-rans.

There will be little mystery or intrigue outside of Ulster and possibly Connacht and realistically it will be August before the competitiveness of the games start to live up to the hype.