Quote: Iain "Isn't the issue here that due to the change from U20s to U19s, basically if you're 19 now and not deemed ready for 1st team then you get cast adrift (particularly by a club like Salford that doesn't have the spare cash to hold onto a player who might be good enough in 2 years), and will end up drifting away from the game or dropping to the lower leagues, where, with respect, you may not get the best development. It's a problem for the game as a whole, but worse for the skinter clubs - we need to make better use of the dual reg arrangements.'"
Well, the idea is based on Championship clubs linking with Super League clubs, and those Super League clubs potentially dictating coaching policy. Can you imagine the likes of Harrison and Powell being told what and how to coach?
The other farce is that the allowed amount of dual registrations per club goes up to 6, and loans up to 4. So a Championship club could have up to 10 borrowed players in its squad (limited to 6 per match). Their salary cap is £300,000 but a max of 10 SL players could theoretically double that. Doubts are also being raised over the dual reg system with some clubs being stung this year (particularly Leigh, if memory serves).
I can't see the better Championship clubs having any of it, and they are the ones most likely to bring these early 20-somethings on.
