20 Teams, 2 Divisions, 1 National League

[Nesta99]

Nigel is a secret Leterkenny/Bonagee/Cockhill fan and has been sabotaging the move to Stranrolar all this time...Wont get fooled again added to the spotify playlist!

[Burnsie]

As much as I’d love to hear more baseless speculation about which provincial towns could magically concoct a senior football structure out of thin air in the next few months, here:s some actual news : there’ll be 16 clubs involved, not 20. As you would imagine, the requirements around facilities proved too exacting for most applicants. The initial season will run from September to December. Source is an FAI board member

[legendz]

It seems more than 60 applicants are being whittled down to 16. If academy criteria is part of LoI licencing, possibly only 3 of 16 would be eligible for promotion to the First Division, subject to meeting other criteria.
A fourth tier coming into consideration for those missing the cut might resemble more broadly what a pyramid will look like in practice. Clubs getting to a certain level but not meeting the criteria to go higher unless they achieve the necessary licencing requirements.
It'll be interesting in time to see what level the LSL and MSL will align at, and also if there will be regional leagues formed at a similar level for district leagues to potentially feed in to.
If any new regions then were to follow in the footsteps of Kerry to build through the youth leagues upwards, there should be an agreeable level that a club like that could join.

[Burnsie]

Anything below level 3 is a pipe dream. I’d say we’re getting the A Championship mark II and that’s it