The former Kerry football Pat Spillane was writing in his column on the Sunday World where the eight time All-Ireland winner suggests the following;

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“I actually favour a split season – but with a twist.

And before I get devoured on social media, I accept my proposal will impact inter-county players who are dual players at club level.

But in terms of the overall playing population, they are a tiny minority. And it is simply impossible to produce a workable solution which will not inconvenience some sectors.

The new-look split season would work as follows: inter-county football and club hurling to be played simultaneously in the first half of the season, followed by inter-county hurling and club football with the order alternating every second season, ie: inter-county football/club hurling would be in the second half of the year in season two.

Overnight, it would resolve my biggest bugbear about the split season, which is the absence of inter-county action for five months of the year.

The GAA needs to take its head out of the sand and acknowledge the current split season has major flaws and is definitely not a magic bullet.”