Grant worried over All-Ireland SHC format

THE longest-serving county board secretary in the country is expressing major reservations about the format for the 2005 All-Ireland SHC.

In his report to tonight’s Waterford convention, Seamus Grant will say that he is concerned about the negative impact the restructuring will have on local county championships.

“One wonders if the experimental process is going a little too far,” he says, warning that the NHL and NFL are being devalued.