GPA links football league to Championship in split plan

Based on the 2021 calendar, they envisage the All-Ireland SHC final taking place on July 25, concluding the inter-county season, a week after the football decider. Picture: Brendan Moran/Sportsfile

No provincial football competitions, league-based championship seedings and the All-Ireland SHC final taking place after the football final are all part of the Gaelic Players Association’s (GPA) draft split season proposal.

Based on the shorter timeframe, the official inter-county players body submitted a working document to the GAA’s national fixtures review taskforce last Wednesday which jettisons the provincial competitions in favour of a championship start predicated by league standings.