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<blockquote data-quote="j&#039;nuh" data-source="post: 762630" data-attributes="member: 55446"><p>Why would reducing the number of teams be expanding? We would lose huge swathes of academy coverage. Five academies would need to cover a country with 55m population. A West Country franchise would have to cover Worcestershire to Dorset to Cornwall! A Northern franchise would have to cover everything North of Manchester. A London franchise would have to scout out an area previously scouted out by 3 teams, and would need to stretch way out of Central London, covering absolutely millions of people. And why would elite regions even want to scout players out? The faster method is to snap up the best from the lower tier and the best of foreign stars with their massive resources. Younger players would simply be unnecessary, as they are to teams like Toulon and Chelsea. The lower tier (the ITM equivalent, presumably contested by current clubs) could possibly do the scouting, but with the diminished income, there's no way they'd get the results they currently get. The desire wouldn't be there as much either, as they would lose their best products to the regions.</p><p></p><p>Not to mention a massive reason that regionalising works in the South: older players move North for a paycheck, giving way to youth. If England introduced the equivalent, the oldest players would simply form a blockade for younger ones since they won't move on in their later years. </p><p></p><p>I don't think it's appropriate for England to take inspiration from smaller countries - England, with its large population and extensive resources, poses it's own problems and considerations. I am convinced that other nations would copy England and France's format if they could; they simply needed to regionalise in order to centralise resources to stay competitive. But I would go in the opposite direction: we need to expand outside of traditional areas and cover more of the country.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="j'nuh, post: 762630, member: 55446"] Why would reducing the number of teams be expanding? We would lose huge swathes of academy coverage. Five academies would need to cover a country with 55m population. A West Country franchise would have to cover Worcestershire to Dorset to Cornwall! A Northern franchise would have to cover everything North of Manchester. A London franchise would have to scout out an area previously scouted out by 3 teams, and would need to stretch way out of Central London, covering absolutely millions of people. And why would elite regions even want to scout players out? The faster method is to snap up the best from the lower tier and the best of foreign stars with their massive resources. Younger players would simply be unnecessary, as they are to teams like Toulon and Chelsea. The lower tier (the ITM equivalent, presumably contested by current clubs) could possibly do the scouting, but with the diminished income, there's no way they'd get the results they currently get. The desire wouldn't be there as much either, as they would lose their best products to the regions. Not to mention a massive reason that regionalising works in the South: older players move North for a paycheck, giving way to youth. If England introduced the equivalent, the oldest players would simply form a blockade for younger ones since they won't move on in their later years. I don't think it's appropriate for England to take inspiration from smaller countries - England, with its large population and extensive resources, poses it's own problems and considerations. I am convinced that other nations would copy England and France's format if they could; they simply needed to regionalise in order to centralise resources to stay competitive. But I would go in the opposite direction: we need to expand outside of traditional areas and cover more of the country. [/QUOTE]
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