Leitrim’s Shane Ward questions ‘B’ option

Leitrim football manager Shane Ward is not convinced the county would be best served by competing in an All-Ireland B championship.

Debate over the current championship format resurfaced this week as the race for Sam Maguire kicks off in earnest, former Dublin footballer Ciarán Whelan yesterday labelling the present structure “stale”.

Ward says several questions surround proposals to scrap the qualifiers in favour of a two-tier inter-county championship.