Provincial football championships may be shortened to accommodate All-Ireland campaign 

The Sam Maguire and Tailteann Cup round-robin stages and subsequent preliminary quarter-finals may mean a rejig.

IT'S A DATE: Next year's GAA season will have a new look.

Next year’s provincial senior football championships may have to be completed in shorter timeframes than this past season.

Leinster and Ulster have been made aware that their leading football competitions could have to be scheduled in smaller windows in order to accommodate the new All-Ireland SFC, which extends by two matchday weekends due to the Sam Maguire and Tailteann Cup round-robin stages and subsequent preliminary quarter-finals.