Fogarty Forum: What now for National Leagues after the goldrush of 2025?

It would help if the start of the football and hurling leagues were staggered, as they were previously in 2024.

Cork’s National Hurling League gate receipt share was a massive €426k in 2025, almost three times as much as it was in 2024 (€146k). Pic: Piaras Ó Mídheach/Sportsfile

For a competition that broke records for attendances and gate receipts last year, you might find the build-up to this year’s National Leagues are oddly quiet.

And you wouldn’t be wrong. The sponsor has an obvious problem and a soft launch suits, although Allianz’s pre-league promotions these past couple of seasons also felt subdued.