To allow the GAA's intercounty game more latitude would mean invading the ground newly staked out for clubs
Naas’s Kevin Cummins and Neil Aherne celebrate after the victory over Celbridge in the Kildare SFC final at Netwatch Cullen Park, Carlow. Photograph: Ken Sutton/Inpho
In passing, in his hurling final speech, McCarthy mentioned “good conditions” for club players, but nobody can write a weather cheque and hope to have it cashed these days. October is the peak season for county finals and 2022 produced the wettest October on record. This October opened with temperatures of 24 degrees on the east coast and will probably end up as the new record holder for rainfall.
There were plenty of stories this year of players arriving back late from a lucrative summer sojourn in the United States, but there were no reports of matches being delayed on this account. One of the good things about the old chaotic, reactive calendar was that the feelings generated by the championship had a longer life and more room to breathe. A first round game in late April or early May added a focus to preseason training, and injected energy into early season league matches.
The sheer lunacy of that outlook has been magnified by the split season. Clubs now are waiting until August for the only the competition that matters to them. By then, they will have spent the spring and summer fulfilling league fixtures that are not going to define their season, or their mood, one way or another.
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