Quote: nick hkr "No no no!
How can it be going against the spirit of the rules? The rules are there as it says to allow clubs to bring through young players no matter what their nationality. It enables the clubs, player and league to improve year on year.
An improvement in the SL youth means a stronger SL competition for years to come and will because 90% of the players will be British mean the national team will be much stronger.'"
Because the rules were divised to help bring through more young BRITISH players. However European Employment laws prohibit that aim being stated within the laws on grounds of discrimination/restraint of trade etc. It is up to the clubs to enforce the spirit of the rules, something your club obviously can't be d with.
It is clearly not the
aim of the rules to allow clubs to fill their under 21 qualifying players with aussies or kiwis, therefore it is not in the spirit of the game IMO and I defy anyone to state the conrtray.
