Quote: Donnyman "The bit in the first sentence is nonsense. "Rugby league cannot change "employment law". Just get over the mistake......
Yes rule changes can stop clubs from throwing aside home grown players, and as far as guest clubs go we don't even have to have them in our leagues if they don't want to follow the way the game wants to go as regards players. The trick Catalans play is to put the French players in the high number jerseys and play them as little as possible. Toulouse will just do the same
At a time the SKY deal which is aimed at obtaining SKY subs from English fans, has been slashed it is madness to allow another French club into SL and therefore pointless to keep the existing one. Unless of course they are a value to the French game, but they are not are they, they leave the French league weaker and they fail to develop players for a stronger French International side.
Bottom line is we need the Superleague to have as many English clubs as possible to deliver the maximum value to SKY
Concentrate on that not on "Employment Law"'"
You really need to get over your anti overseas tirade, it's bloody pathetic.
Perhaps you can explain how any club could be forced into playing players with a particular birth place but, not include all clubs, playing in the same competition, under the same set of rules ??
As for discrimination, do you think that it's ok to employ French players but, not English or visa versa
You keep banging on and on about Sky subscriptions and want to blame Catalan for the reduced TV deal ??
You have forgotten that the very same Catalan side was in SL when the last (record) deal was agreed
There are 11 English clubs in this seasons SL (one more than last year) but, the value of the new TV deal is going down.
I know, lets blame Catalan (again).
You sir are making stuff up about Catalan to suit your own anti Catalan narrative
I may have been wrong to site "Employment Law" although the discriminatory nature on whether or not to employ English over French players would leave Catalan (or any other club) falling foul of the law, were ANY player to be refused a contract on the basis of being born in a different EU country or, maybe you have your own view on what is legal or acceptable.
This thread was supposed to be about "Lenegan and Pearson" but, once again "Donny" has to turn it into ANOTHER anti French hate thread.
Just how many threads have you started or hijacked to get your point across ??
So, come on, please tell everyone, how, within the current rules, Catalan can be forced to employ a higher number of French born players.
The answer is that they cant - get over it.
