"The GAA is on a very definite walk down the path rugby went around the time the sport turned professional. "Club championships mask the reality that club leagues are dying on their feet in almost every county. The vast majority of the club season is reduced to a series of glorified challenge games. "That comes entirely at the behest of inter-county teams who insist on club leagues being finished early enough that their players don’t have to be bothered by them. "So they’re playing whatever handful of championship games – for most players that’s 3 or 4 – and that’s them." Read Cahair O'Kane: tinyurl.com/myujzvas