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<blockquote data-quote="j&#039;nuh" data-source="post: 764170" data-attributes="member: 55446"><p>Just because I don't support franchising, doesn't mean I approve of the current club set-up. As much as our club system has failed us, I just think franchising would simply make things worse. And I think that just because the franchise system works for the South, it doesn't mean it will work in the North, simply because we will be unable to replicate the conditions of the South, and the South does not have some of the limitations that the North has. In particular, we cannot effectively limit the number of overseas players. The Kolpak ruling means that we cannot restrict the number of players from other EU countries, or from any country with an association agreement with the EU (which, as far as I am aware, includes South Africa, Fiji, Tonga and Samoa, but others will join in time). (Which is why the Premiership has a restriction of only two overseas players and yet Gloucester can get away with starting McAllister, Hibbard, Afoa, Kalamafoni, Heinz, Hook and Halaifonua tomorrow.) Also, unlike the SH, our older players have nowhere to go where they would earn more money and leave a spot open to a younger player.</p><p></p><p>I think that the club system has flaws, but these flaws are incidental rather than inherent and can be fixed without overhauling our system. But I also think that these flaws are not terminal for the international team; we seemed to produce enough decent players for 2002-2003. </p><p></p><p>Take football as an example. Clearly the club system is more beneficial to the German and Spanish national teams than it is to the English. It proves that there is a right and wrong way to do a club system, not that the club system is inherently bad.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="j'nuh, post: 764170, member: 55446"] Just because I don't support franchising, doesn't mean I approve of the current club set-up. As much as our club system has failed us, I just think franchising would simply make things worse. And I think that just because the franchise system works for the South, it doesn't mean it will work in the North, simply because we will be unable to replicate the conditions of the South, and the South does not have some of the limitations that the North has. In particular, we cannot effectively limit the number of overseas players. The Kolpak ruling means that we cannot restrict the number of players from other EU countries, or from any country with an association agreement with the EU (which, as far as I am aware, includes South Africa, Fiji, Tonga and Samoa, but others will join in time). (Which is why the Premiership has a restriction of only two overseas players and yet Gloucester can get away with starting McAllister, Hibbard, Afoa, Kalamafoni, Heinz, Hook and Halaifonua tomorrow.) Also, unlike the SH, our older players have nowhere to go where they would earn more money and leave a spot open to a younger player. I think that the club system has flaws, but these flaws are incidental rather than inherent and can be fixed without overhauling our system. But I also think that these flaws are not terminal for the international team; we seemed to produce enough decent players for 2002-2003. Take football as an example. Clearly the club system is more beneficial to the German and Spanish national teams than it is to the English. It proves that there is a right and wrong way to do a club system, not that the club system is inherently bad. [/QUOTE]
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