Ciarán McCavana: Antrim GAA against 'breaking up and downgrading' Ulster SFC

Cavan's Thomas Galligan and Ruari McCann of Antrim in action during their Ulster SFC quarter-final last year. “We could have won the game against Cavan and you saw the run Cavan went on. So it’s achievable for a team in the lower levels to win an Ulster Championship and it’s attainable to the players,” said Ciarán McCavana. Picture: INPHO

Antrim chairman Ciarán McCavana has questioned proposals to downgrade the Ulster SFC, "the most successful provincial championship in football”.

The two 2022 proposals on the table from the national fixtures review group would alter the northern province. The four provincial conferences of eight would see one Ulster county move to Connacht every year while the flipped version would diminish the provincial championships to secondary competitions in the spring.