It's great when things get quieter around this time of year, isn’t it?

The usual suspects moaning about the split-season throughout the inter-county months.

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Those who feel it’s going to be the reason every young child in the country stops playing GAA because the Lions are on TV – I won’t go there.

Thankfully, around this time of year, they are nowhere to be heard, and there's a reason for that silence.
The split season is working.

The club championships are about to prove it.

EMOTIONAL DECISIONS

Those criticisms earlier in the year are formed in the heat of the inter-county championship.

People got caught up in the moment. They wanted more games, longer seasons, extended drama.

I get it. But that doesn’t mean it’s right for the GAA, the grassroots, and the 98% of players not playing the big business of inter-county.

In this columnist’s opinion, the only voice that really matters in this subject is the club player. Without them, there is nothing.
And they’ve overwhelmingly stated, time and time again, that the split season is the way forward. The opinion of those paid handsomely in the national media is nothing but noise.

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