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10th July 2017
09:37pm BST

When this week's host Conan Doherty asked Hughes what changes he'd like to be seen, the Monaghan man suggested a restructuring of the GAA calendar as a whole and a Champions League style format could be the solution.
"The calendar has to be scrapped completely and started from scratch, you have to take minors, under 21’s, Sigerson into account and the club is suffering at the minute.
"You look at, say, Roscommon, for example, played their last league game 11 weeks ago and all they had was Leitrim in between to get to a provincial final. It’s no fault of theirs but it’s just the system is an unfair system for the All-Ireland series so it means that you have to use your provincial to get into it.
"I think the Champions League format is as good as any to level the playing field. There is that imbalance for Ulster teams trying to prolong their season."
You can listen to the full interview below from 55:15
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