Quote: wrencat1873 "The point that Carter was making was, what happens if this situation changes part way through the season, which given the fast changing nature of covid, anything is possible.
France could well relax their vaccination rules, thus allowing clubs that travel later in the season to be treated differently to those who have games over there in the first couple of months.
FWIW, players should be vaccinated but, I get his point about potentially having the goalposts moved as we progress through the season.
Equally, RL on both sides of the channel will have to follow the rules of the day, which may change overnight.
Could this skew the competition ?'"
Maybe, but there is nothing the competition can do about the whims of the French government. The whole situation is in the hands of 1) politicians and 2) the players who refuse the vaccine.
It's worth remembering that those most affected by this are the French clubs, as any unvaccinated players cannot even enter the training ground. Effectively: no jab,no job. Unless the rules change, they can no longer employ an unvaccinated adult.
If there are no nasty twists in the tail, I suspect such restrictions will no longer be necessary by next season. But for now, looks like some teams are going to pay a price for the choices of some of their players.