Onus now rests on Croke Park to make Tier 2 a success

The GAA have yet to decide if counties who chose not to play in the new second tier football championship will be punished.

Both GAA president John Horan and director general Tom Ryan said it is incumbent on the organisation to ensure the new competitions doesn’t suffer the same fate as the similar Tommy Murphy Cup, which lasted for five years in the mid-2000s.