- Set up a new 18 team league
- close off relegation for three seasons and tell the clubs they have that time to balance the books or they are out
- during those three seasons set up a pyramid structure under the LoI Premier consisting of three provincial leagues with the county leagues underneath that
- make it a requirement that LoI clubs have underage sides entered in their local leagues up to u-18s
- give clubs time to do so but implement your coaching idea (i've looked into getting a licence for training kids myself, it just takes time)
- during those three years provide grants for improving facilities, and/or work more closely with clubs when they have to deal with their local councils (case in point is trying to get Limerick council on board for a move back to the Market's Field, having the FAI back you to the hilt would be a help)
- I'd agree with trying to tie clubs into colleges and the FAI setting up a national centre of excellence
- I don't agree with relaxing work permits so we can nick kids from abroad 9if they were any good they'd go to England ahead of us anyway and am unsure about centralised contracts as I haven't read fully into how that works in the MLS
- Keep summer football but scrap Friday nights bar one live game on RTE a week and set the fixtures for 3pm as there are rarely live English games on at this time, the 3pm slot would be good for families on a Saturday afternoon and by having only one game on Friday it might encourage more of us to watch RTE2 and get ratings up
I don't think drastic changes are needed though, improve the facilities and enforce your laws would be the advice I'd give the FAI
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