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Published 15:33 27 Jun 2017 BST
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"This year's championship, to be very honest, has been very enjoyable," Spillane started by playing down Colm O'Rourke's hysteria that the weaker counties can't compete. "We tend to have knee-jerk reactions. The minute there's a one-sided game, a landslide victory, suddenly we have to reform everything and the system is wrong. "Look, this Dublin team are an exceptional team. They have an outstanding team and you can talk about systems all you want... in America they have the draft system which favours the weaker teams and yet the strong teams still always win. "The cream will always come to the top, irrespective of what sort of format."However, within minutes of that debate, Spillane reasoned in agreement with O'Rourke:
"Yes, there should be - like in county championships - an intermediate and a junior."Along the way though, he added colour. https://twitter.com/ConanDoherty/status/879681414576394240 It's almost like that scene in Father Ted when they're trying to figure out a solution to get Dougal off the milk float and Father Clarke says, "speaking of masses, there was a time there at the Moscow Olympics..." Well, speaking of championship restructures, there was a time there when socialism and communism...
"Sport is a mirror image of society," Spillane said. "The strong get stronger and the weak get weaker, sadly. In theory, communism and socialism were a great idea - everyone being equal - but they're failures. "The idea that we can revamp something, have a different format and then every team will be competitive is absolute poppycock."As crazy as it was, he was touching on something. Until he turned around and suggested revamping the thing anyway. What will the capitalists think of that?
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