Laois propose alternative round-robin championship

Laois have put forward an alternative to GAA director general Páraic Duffy’s All-Ireland senior football championship proposal.

Their motion, to be debated at Congress in Croke Park this day three weeks, recommends the first two rounds of the qualifiers be replaced by a round robin series comprising four groups of four counties comprising those 16 who have not reached their provincial semi-finals.

The top two in each of the four groups would then advance to the next round of the qualifiers.