Pat Spillane has never been a fan of the split season, and has made that point of view very clear ever since it was introduced.
The Kerry legend believes that having the inter-county season wrapped up by July means that the fans are being short changed, and that it's a PR disaster for the GAA.
This condensed season, in Spillane's eyes, reduces opportunities to promote the games, get more coverage in the media, and rush everything.
The argument to that point is that the season doesn't end in July, because the club season then starts straight afterwards, so we actually have football and hurling for the whole year.
In a recent column, the eight-time All-Ireland winner admitted that he never gave the club season the coverage that it deserves and he's been enjoying it.
With that in mind, Spillane has drawn up a new proposal in his Sunday World column to try and ensure that both the club and county scene get a fair shake at it.
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"Is it fair the provincial championships will run from now until January, again in some of the worst conditions? It absolutely is not.
"So I return to a solution that would ensure county action all year round and one that would give clubs a chance to play in the best conditions.
"Year one: In the first six months, we play club hurling and inter-county football. In the second six months, we turn to club football and inter-county hurling.
"For year two, you would turn that on its head with club football and county hurling in the first part of the year."
A major issue with this plan would be that it prevents players from being dual, and play in both codes. Although this hasn't been the case at county level for a long time, it is very much the case at club level.
Teams like Loughmore Castleiney see themselves as a GAA team, not a Gaelic or hurling team, while Slaughtneil have many players representing Derry at inter-county level with the football team, but also play at the highest level in hurling with their club.
