Seán Kelly: These Championship proposals will work if given the chance

A few years ago, I had the privilege of proposing on these pages how I believed the All-Ireland Football Championships should be restructured to make it more appealing, more relevant and, above all, more rewarding for the most important component — the players and management.

My proposals received a lot of positive reaction at the time. Now that the flaws in the current provincial system and the qualifiers have been further highlighted, people are beginning to ask consistently: is it time for change?

The answer is yes. And the sooner the better.