DÓNAL Óg CUSACK: Hurling is broke. If nothing is done to fix it this weekend, it will be a disgrace and a disaster

Hurling’s key influencers are the counties who live off the failings of the current system. The key point for anybody interested in putting the good of the game over the good of their county is that any change is better than no change, writes Dónal Óg Cusack.

It’s still September but this week you could spy a tumbleweed blowing through the sports pages where the big GAA coverage used to be.

The GAA has already taken a strategic decision to cede the month of September next year by finishing the All-Ireland championships in August. I hope there is a plan for trying harder at selling the summer series and that we make a serious effort to market the club game this time next year.