Under-achievers under the microscope

I KNOW every player wants to play in Croke Park, but this being an all-Munster clash, would it not have made more economic sense, for everyone, if Limerick and Tipp had tossed for home venue tomorrow?

Instead of heading for the Gaelic Grounds or Semple Stadium, where you’d have been guaranteed crowds of at least 40,000, we’re all going to GAA HQ in Dublin.

It costs more for the supporters and more for the teams, and it will probably yield a lot less for the GAA. So why couldn’t they have come to some arrangement? How many will make that journey? Even if you get 40,000 – which I doubt – it won’t create half the atmosphere you’d have had in either of the home venues.