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The GAA is scheduled to approve a compacted 2021 schedule tomorrow to continue club and inter-county activity next season amid ever-evolving public health restrictions.
Over the past few months, the GAA Central Committee for Competition Controls (CCCC) has developed the plan and that group will present it to management tonight.
It is understood that the plan will be approved in its entirety.
Many of the facets of this template have been in the public domain in recent months.
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The new roster will go into effect once the current All-Ireland series ends on December 19, announcing a closed season.
All preseason fees have been stopped and competitions such as the provincial hurling and soccer leagues, the Kehoe, Walsh, McKenna, O’Byrne and McGrath Cups will not be played.
Instead, next year will see the revised resumption of the Allianz Leagues in late February.
The Allianz Football League will begin in late February and each division is expected to split into two groups, with the division focusing on regionality and proximity.
This is to reduce travel and movement, in accordance with public health protocols.
April will see the commercial end of competitions contested with each county guaranteed a minimum of four games before the championship.
The hurling league is not expected to undergo many changes.
There will be two groups of six, but the group leaders can go directly to a final.
The relegation in soccer could see the last two teams in each free-for-all group face each other to decide which two teams go down.
The Tailteann Cup 2021 will feature teams located in those two lower tiers.
The All-Ireland Championships will start from April. This time there will be no club exclusive period or Super 8 series.
Instead, the championships will continue until the third week of July, when the all-Ireland soccer final will be played, with the hurling decision early.
There is much speculation that this year’s outstanding All-Ireland U-20 soccer final could be played before the senior final in Ireland.
It is also expected that the 2021 featured club championships can be revisited soon.
The rest of the year it would facilitate the club championships.
The split season model proved to be a great success this year and the GAA Fixture Review Working Group is holding regional meetings with stakeholders to refine their proposals ahead of Congress 2021 and remodel the overall structures beginning in 2022.
So far, GAA’s intercountry game programming, albeit without the crowds, has been a huge success.
There has been criticism that extended members of squads and back rooms cannot access stadiums for big games, but the association is working strictly outside of public health guidelines in this regard.
Meanwhile, the Gaelic Players Association is believed to strongly support the proposal for a closed season period for inter-county members.
Throwing
Watch Waterford v Kilkenny (6:00 PM Saturday) and Limerick v Galway (4:00 PM Sunday) live on RTÉ2, hear the commentary live on RTÉ Radio 1 or follow our blog live on RTÉ Sport Online and the RTÉ News application. The highlights of The Sunday Game (9.30pm RTÉ2).
Camogie
Watch Cork v Kilkenny and Galway v Tipperary live on RTÉ2 starting at 12pm Saturday, listen to updates live on RTÉ Radio 1 or follow our live blog on RTÉ Sport Online and the RTÉ News app. The highlights of The Sunday Game (9.30pm RTÉ2).
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