Dublin are set to have just one game in Croke Park in next year’s ‘Super 8s’ series.
A Donegal motion that sought to address the inequality of Dublin playing two games at Croke Park while the other seven teams just had one home game at that stage of the competition was rejected at Congress earlier this year.
But the GAA has confirmed that it will be raised again at the next full Congress next February.
A GAA statement said: “It is now planned to give the authority to CCCC to fix these games for venues other than Croke Park - if deemed appropriate.”
As well as the imbalance with Dublin, the Croke Park round of fixtures over the past two years have generally been played in front of paltry crowds, leading to calls for the games to be moved to provincial venues.
There will be further tinkering with the ‘Super 8s’ format for to try and avoid the dead rubbers that occurred this year in the final round with Central Council agreeing that the winners in the first round of matches will play each other in the second round next year.
For next month’s Special Congress in Cork, Central Council has settled on one proposal for a tier two football Championship in 2020.
It will see Division Three and Division Four teams that fail to reach their provincial final move into a secondary knockout competition rather than playing in the qualifiers, which would then be reduced from four rounds to two.
Also on the agenda on October 19 are three playing rule proposals that were trialled in this year’s Allianz Football League.
Delegates will vote on whether to introduce a 10-minute sin bin for a black card offence, the awarding of a mark to players who cleanly catch a ball kicked from on or outside the opposition’s 45-metre line that travels at least 20 metres and kickouts being taken from the 20-metre line.
It was decided not to persist any further with the rule on sideline kicks having to go forward as analysis showed that its impact was “minimal”.
