Ulster Council CEO Brian McAvoy: When change comes it can't remove provincial link

While maintaining a line that they are not opposed to changing the present structures, there is no way they will give their backing to something that diminishes the Ulster Championship.

Brian McAvoy: ‘No one even in support of Motion B said it was perfect. They all identified flaws. If you’re going to change, you have to have a better alternative.’ Picture: James Crombie/Inpho

Within an hour of the result emerging in Croke Park, both the director general and president were taking the 50.6% yes vote as a clear mandate that with a few adjustments, this championship reform could be a goer in a few months.

Unsurprisingly, Ulster Council CEO Brian McAvoy was choosing to paint it in rather different colours.