If everything else about an AIL was sorted, then the travelling distances wouldn't in themselves banjax it.
But everything else is not sorted - far from it - meaning that travelling is just one more problem which is hindering it.
Of course, if you were only talking 5 or 6 NI clubs, most or all of whom were f-t, then travel times and costs wouldn't be insurmountable.
Otoh, if there were only that number of NI clubs, then the resulting imbalance would cause problems of a different sort. (Basically, reluctance of IL and IFA to buy into the proposal)
Alternatively, if you admitted more NI clubs, then a lower proportion of their away games would involve travelling long distances.
Except that those extra clubs are more likely to be p-t, which would cause different problems again for an AIL.
In short, it's maybe not so simple as it at first looks.
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