Boredom killing off interest in hurling

I think there is an awful lot of complacency in hurling at the top levels and if the evidence of yesterday's National League quarter finals is anything to go by the public is switching off from a game which has become completely dominated by the deep south of the country.
Only a very small number of supporters turned up for yesterday's games between four of the country's top sides and this was at the knock-out stages of the competition.
Contrast this with the 7,000 people who turned out at Celtic Park on Saturday night for the Tyrone Derry group game and it says something about the attitude of the hurling public.
After all why turn out in numbers when they will watch the same four sides play against each other in the Munster hurling championship when they are firing on all cylinders and some of them will probably play at least once again in the All-Ireland's latter stages.
It is an indication once again of how narrow the hurling base is in the country but the boredom for most at this part of the season is palpable and those tasked with promoting the game must be able to see that the public is voting with its feet because there are so few real contenders.