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Precisely the point I have made on other threads.
Why is Watkins at Leeds?
He's a Salford lad.
Salford should be given first chance.
What should happen is that players from a teams own designated service areas should be exempt (or only count as percentage on the salary cap)
That would stop the "big boys" creaming off the junior talent from other clubs.'"
Salford shouldn’t be given any ‘first chance’ they should have gone out and taken it, they already have an inherent advantage in being there, they are wasting this, we shouldn’t then stop other clubs picking up the slack
the service areas are a stupid idea that does nothing and would achieve nothing and further ringfencing of these areas would only lead to players being missed, competition in scouting and recruiting young players is a good thing, it’s a great thing in fact, its what pushes the standards up,
Youth developed players shouldn’t count on the cap, or at least less than others, we should reward clubs for doing what we want them to do, but they shouldn’t be given an ‘area’ to waste, and players cant be forced to go through one route over another because of where they lived, that isnt fair on them,
And the big boys don’t generally cream the talent off the other clubs, they smaller clubs never generally get the talent in the first place, its usually already picked up by the big boys
