Cork manager Eamonn Ryan has urged ladies football bosses to look at shortening the gap between the end of the National League and the start of the championship.
On Saturday Cork will have their first outing of the TG4 Championship when the Rebel County go head-to-head with Kerry in the Munster final.
When the game comes around it will have been eight weeks since Cork faced Galway in a replay of the Tesco Homegrown League decider.
Other sides have been contending with even longer breaks from action with Mayo, for example, going all of 13 weeks without a competitive outing before they take on Galway in Sunday's Connacht final.
The first games in Leinster and Ulster were played last month but Ryan would prefer to see the Championship get under way earlier for all teams.
Ryan said: "For different reasons, it can be hard when you have such a long run-up to your first outing in the championship.
"It can be difficult to maintain interest among the players because there is no competitive game coming up for a good while and unfortunately for us, given our location, it is not always easy to arrange challenge games.
"Apart from training games among ourselves, we have only got to play one challenge – which was against Monaghan – since the league wrapped up. During the League the time between games tended to be no more than two weeks so it is strange to be going from that situation into one where we have to wait around much longer.
"I can understand Leinster and Ulster starting earlier as they have more sides taking part but perhaps something can be done to bridge the gap for everyone."
Cork are bidding for an 11th Munster title under Ryan this season and are eyeing a 10th All-Ireland to go with the nine league triumphs they have enjoyed with him.
But despite such a glory-filled stint in charge of Cork – and his vast experience of management in a variety of codes – Ryan says he still feels nervous in the build-up to games.
He insisted: "While we tend to be seen as favourites going into a lot of games, I never take anything for granted.
"I am actually nervous coming up to every game – regardless of who we are playing or what might be at stake. If I did not feel that way there would be probably something wrong with me.
"It is a good thing to be a bit apprehensive because it shows you are not being complacent about games.
"We treat every team with the respect they deserve and we never get too far ahead of ourselves – even if there is some silverware on the horizon. For us it is always a case of taking one game at a time.”
Cork's plans for the Munster final have been disrupted by injuries to Orlagh Farmer and Doireann O'Sullivan, who are both set to miss the game at Mallow.
And with Nollaig Cleary and Ann Marie Walsh having quit and Angela Walsh unavailable, their squad currently looks quite different to the one that was involved in last year's All-Ireland final.
There are also doubts over the availability and fitness of dual players Rena Buckley, Méabh Cahalane and Briege Corkery, who could feature for Cork in their Liberty Insurance All-Ireland Camogie Championship clash with Offaly at Páirc Uí Rinn earlier in the day.
Ryan added: "It is unfortunate that Orla and Doireann are out because they are two of our more experienced players.
"With others from last year gone, we have a few players who are still quite new to the game at this level. They have done well for us but they still have plenty to learn.
"Clearly the situation regarding the dual players is not ideal but we just have to get on with it as best we can as the two games are still set to go ahead on the same day.
"Hopefully, though, we can come through this test because Kerry usually give us a tough game.
"Form tends to count for little one the ball is thrown in and there is intense rivalry between the sides. Just like in the Cork-Kerry men's Munster final last Sunday, it can be hard to separate us.
"And it would not surprise me if the game hung in the balance until the closing seconds."
Fixtures
Saturday: Liberty Insurance All-Ireland Camogie Senior Championship first round
Group 1: Cork v Offaly (Páirc Uí Rinn, 2pm), Wexford v Galway (Wexford, 3.45pm)
Group 2: Clare v Dublin (Newmarket-on-Fergus, 2pm), Kilkenny v Tipperary (Freshford, 2.30pm).
TG4 Munster Ladies Football Senior Championship final: Cork v Kerry (Mallow, 6pm).
Sunday: TG4 Connacht Ladies Football Senior Championship final: Mayo v Galway (Castlebar, 4pm).
