W2E-003 Ulster editorials 3-0.txt
Scrap the play-offs to avoid chaos

YESTERDAY marked the final round of matches in the divisional section of the GAA's second most important competition.

However, it will be another couple of months before the destination of the 1994 National League title is decided.

A bewildering series of play-off and preliminary play-off games now gets under way, with Ulster counties, as usual, to the fore.

All Ireland champions Derry, despite suffering their first defeat in almost a year, are already through to the quarter finals, where they will be joined by a resurgent Armagh and, possibly, by both Down and Donegal.

The only certainty at this stage is that, before the Church General trophy is handed over, the GAA is in for another period of inter-county fixture chaos.

The backlog of games will complicate preparations for one of the most eagerly awaited Ulster Championship on record, and is bound to result in the indefinite postponement of club matches all over the province.

Despite any short-term loss of revenue, the time has surely come to scrap the play-offs, and allow the winners of an enlarged Division One to be declared as national league champions.
