Conor McKeown

Whereas this is all very consequential.

And what I think is interesting is where they play, the winners of the first round games play each other next.

which is really, really, really interesting.

So you have this round of all the, and the winners of that go through to the quarterfinals.

Say, for instance, Kerry lost to Meade last year.

And obviously, from there...

They put in one of the great All-Ireland... Runs, yeah.

Runs of all time.

But it was still in the group.

And, like, if the same thing happened this year, it would feel far more consequential.

Because, like, you know, Kerry still got a game... Like, they just... They were slightly discommoded.

Whereas this year, it would put them in to have to play an extra match.

It just... It does feel like they've put an extra kind of consequence.

And the other thing is...

Dublin, or not Dublin, Donegal and Kerry are going to play each other in that first round.

Both of them will still be in the Championship when it's all over.

But there's something great about getting them all together early because they spark off one another.

It's a little bit like Cork and Limerick could end up playing each other in their hurling five or six times this year.

Between everything, yeah.

And you're writing extra chapters in all of these things.