Why should we realise fixtures in advance ? Is this seriously a response from people. Of course players want to know what day they are playing. Dual players play weekend on weekend so not knowing when they can, go means they can't plan anything until 2.5 weeks out.
That means young players can't buy tickets to events in advance and older players have to organise a family trip on 2.5 weeks notice( if there lucky). 2.5 weeks from a trip away or down the country is going to be more expensive due to less availability at times too.
Players work weekends too and some rosters are done well in advance and depending on the boss/manager being a Gaa/sport person , swaps could be hard.
It's not difficult to do send them in advance and there's no benifit to waiting. Other counties do it and the players love it. Teams, management, players can plan the year ahead.
Replying To Gaawestmeath: "Why should we realise fixtures in advance ? Is this seriously a response from people. Of course players want to know what day they are playing. Dual players play weekend on weekend so not knowing when they can, go means they can't plan anything until 2.5 weeks out.
That means young players can't buy tickets to events in advance and older players have to organise a family trip on 2.5 weeks notice( if there lucky). 2.5 weeks from a trip away or down the country is going to be more expensive due to less availability at times too.
Players work weekends too and some rosters are done well in advance and depending on the boss/manager being a Gaa/sport person , swaps could be hard.
It's not difficult to do send them in advance and there's no benifit to waiting. Other counties do it and the players love it. Teams, management, players can plan the year ahead."
Last few years the Ros Group fixtures in the 3 main Championships, venues and Referees were issued in early July with the 1st rounds being played 1st weekend August .
It certainly beats waiting for a message on a Monday night to see if there's a game at the weekend, which of the 3 days, what time, what competition....