Tipp won’t settle for second best, says McCarthy

TIPPERARY football manager Seamus McCarthy has defended the county’s right to participate in the All-Ireland following suggestions that a number of teams should to be relegated to a second tier championship.

Tipp lost by 15 points to Kerry in Thurles on Sunday and afterwards TV analyst Kevin McStay said the game did neither county any good.

The former Mayo player proposed that the GAA should consider adopting a championship structure like hurling where, instead of being out of their depth in the main competition, counties could compete more effectively in a secondary tournament with promotion back to the top tier the prize for the winners.