Louth’s hopes of winning a first Leinster SFC title since 1957 are set to get a lot tougher from 2016 onwards if a revamp of the championship is given the go ahead next week.
It is being proposed that as many as eight counties could be involved in a round-robin system to qualify from the Leinster SFC quarter-finals in two years t ime.
Chairman from all of the counties in the province will meet next Monday night to discuss a change in the competition structure in an aim to boost competitiveness.
The more likely outcome is that six counties will join the round-robin in two groups of three but two groups of four is also a possibility.
A rule change would be required to introduce a round-robin to the SFC so even if an agreed format is decided upon, it would have to go before Congress next February for consideration, making it too late for introduction in 2015.
With Louth in Division Three next season alongside Wexford, they would be obvious contenders for the round-robin, along with Carlow, Longford, Wicklow and Offaly, who are all in Division Four.
That would leave Dublin, Kildare, Meath and Laois with a straight path to the quarter-finals.
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