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Brett Gosper: 3 Year Residency Rule to be changed?
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<blockquote data-quote="Leonormous Boozer" data-source="post: 723445" data-attributes="member: 45598"><p>Require a promising player who wants to play for the country of their parents and grandparents to earn enough recognition to first be recognised in the country of their heritage to get a contract there play there for five years and delay their playing time for the country they supported and wanted to play for all their life?</p><p></p><p>Equally Brilliant. </p><p></p><p>You're looking at it from a view of those who moved to a colony, think about it the other way around. For example, let's say you get offered a job in England, marry a girl from NZ over there and live there for the rest of your life, you raise your kids to make sure they know where their from and they in turn marry NZers and do the same. What your proposing is your hypothetical grandkids (hypothetical you is getting real busy as of late), who identify themselves as New Zealanders and due to financial or logistical reasons haven't been able to visit NZ all that often would be required to rise through the ranks in England, get a contract from an S15 franchise play for five years and debut at 27 or 28 missing out on the chance to play in up to 2 world cups and about 50 test caps. My arbitrary scale isn't perfect but it's better than allowing scenarios such as that happening.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Leonormous Boozer, post: 723445, member: 45598"] Require a promising player who wants to play for the country of their parents and grandparents to earn enough recognition to first be recognised in the country of their heritage to get a contract there play there for five years and delay their playing time for the country they supported and wanted to play for all their life? Equally Brilliant. You're looking at it from a view of those who moved to a colony, think about it the other way around. For example, let's say you get offered a job in England, marry a girl from NZ over there and live there for the rest of your life, you raise your kids to make sure they know where their from and they in turn marry NZers and do the same. What your proposing is your hypothetical grandkids (hypothetical you is getting real busy as of late), who identify themselves as New Zealanders and due to financial or logistical reasons haven't been able to visit NZ all that often would be required to rise through the ranks in England, get a contract from an S15 franchise play for five years and debut at 27 or 28 missing out on the chance to play in up to 2 world cups and about 50 test caps. My arbitrary scale isn't perfect but it's better than allowing scenarios such as that happening. [/QUOTE]
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