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That’s a no then: Special Congress rejects changes to football championship for 2022

There will be no sweeping changes or league-based championship when it comes to football in 2022.

Ken McGuire by Ken McGuire
Saturday 23 October, 2021
in Football, GAA
Reading Time: 2 mins read

Croke Park. Photo: ©INPHO/Laszlo Geczo

It goes to show you can’t always believe what you read online.

The buildup to the GAA’s Special Congress at Croke Park today had many corners believing there would be sweeping changes to next year’s All-Ireland Football Championships, alas, it’s not to be.

“Proposal B” would have seen a league-based championship introduced, meaning more games, more time, more of a level playing field. And while county after county appeared online at least to support the changes, when it came to voting today, it failed to secured the required percentage of votes to pass.

Neither of the two motions that proposed restructuring the All-Ireland SFC were successful at GAA Special Congress today. Motion 19 came closest with 50.6% of delegates backing it, but fell short of the 60% majority required. #GAABelong

— The GAA (@officialgaa) October 23, 2021

60 percent of the votes was the target for Motion 19 (Proposal B) to pass, and while there were 85 votes for, there were 83 votes against resulting in a 50.6 to 49.6 percent split, and ultimately failing.

Former GAA Presidents Sean Kelly and John Horan has previously spoken in favour of the motion while earlier this week saw current GAA president Larry McCarthy and GAA director general Tom Ryan throw their weight behind Proposal B.

Both GAA President Larry McCarthy and Director General Tom Ryan have spoken out in favour of Proposal B ahead of Saturday’s vote, at a media briefing this afternoon. #BackB

— GPA (@gaelicplayers) October 20, 2021

Motion 18 (Proposal A), which would have brought in four provincial groups with eight teams, was rejected by 90 percent of delegates.

The outcome today means the Championship will revert back to the status quo next season, without the Super 8s and with the introduction of the Tailteann Cup. As such, there will be two rounds of qualifiers instead of four.

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