Finding a way to lure fans back onside

The provincial senior football championships have been on life support but now they are suffering cardiac arrest. Despite a surprisingly better than expected 47,027 in Croke Park last Sunday, the combined 111,711 attendance for the four finals was the lowest in well over a decade, almost 5,000 down on last year’s poor crowds.

The GAA aren’t standing idly by as they watch their provinces in distress but tiers are only half the treatment. Without more games, how are developing teams expected to do just that.