Cork captain Graham Canty has said that the provincial champions should be rewarded with a bye into the All-Ireland semi-final.
Cork won the Munster championship this year, only to lose out in the All-Ireland final to Kerry.
"A bye into All-Ireland semi-final is something they could look it," Canty said.
" How you'd get around the gap then from the provincial final to the All-Ireland semi-final is another thing, but you could look at it. It would be one way or rewarding someone for winning the provincial title. I know the hurling has gone that way and it seemed to work alright there."
Canty feels that winning the provincial championship is not particularly an advantage at the moment in the pursuit of the All-Ireland.
"I don't think there's a huge advantage either way, in winning the provincial or losing it, in the quest for All-Ireland glory," he continued.
"In saying that, you'll be starting out next year, everyone inside in Munster, Cork, Kerry, Limerick, will want to win Munster.
Cork and Kerry are the favourites, and speaking for ourselves anyway, we want to win Munster, and go forward for the All-Ireland that way."
However, Canty believes that the glory of winning one's provincial championship is great enough that the format should be retained, and an open draw should be rejected.
"The way it is at the moment you have two championships; your provincial championship, and your All-Ireland series. I don't think you should have an open draw. My own view would be to keep the provincial final."