Offaly manager Pat Flanagan says the current situation which sees Dublin play all championship games at Croke Park is giving the Dubs a huge advantage.
He joined Leinster council chairman John Horan, our own Colm 'Wooly' Parkinson and Joe Molloy on Off The Ball to debate whether it is unfair for Dublin to continue to play all championship games on home territory.
"All in all, it is a huge advantage to Dublin in the championship. It's going to difficult for other teams. It's already difficult enough to try and catch on to what Dublin have achieved so far, but it's going to be much more difficult if they continue to play there," said Flanagan, who says the general consensus among those he has spoken to is that the current status quo is unfair.
Horan says the decision-making process is very democratic and suggested that moving Dublin games from Croke Park would "inconvenience supporters".
Dublin fans on Hill 16 ©INPHO/Donall Farmer
"If we play Dublin in those venues (e.g. O'Moore Park, Tullamore etc) and restricted the crowd, the first people that would suffer would be the families who bring their children to the games because we couldn't give them their concession packages of having their children at games at €5," he said.
"The second point would be we'd have to tell the old age pensioners you can only stand on the terraces or pay the full price to sit in the stands. So immediately we're going to inconvenience the supporters of our games. It's not all about making money."
Wooly highlighted the strain on players from weaker counties having to go up to Dublin's territory.
"From the playing perspective, it's grossly unfair to send a weaker county like Offaly or Longford up to Croke Park, which is Dublin's home ground and that's the end of the story as far as I'm concerned," said Wooly.
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