Read MoreThe conventional thinking is that the qualifier element to the football championship will be dispensed with so that the abbreviated leagues already scheduled can go ahead. That would mean a second successive knock-out championship with hurling following the same path as 2020 with a shortened league and qualifier. Now, at a push, 15 weeks could see league, provincial championships and qualifiers included in a schedule for both football and hurling championships. Correspondingly, a hurling championship with qualifiers, as was played in 2020, takes eight weeks. At most six counties, four football semi-finalists and two hurling finalists would be tied up beyond August 1.

Source: Irish Independent March 31, 2021 01:35 UTC