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If I Were In Charge of the GP
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<blockquote data-quote="Prestwick" data-source="post: 110338"><p>Regionalisation under a different name. And like the ideas of regionalisation that have gone before it will be met with anger and fury from the English fans who see their clubs being tampered with.</p><p></p><p>Impossible. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>You could do this, but there would have to be a financial incentive and a gaurantee that the RFU isn't messing with something which the clubs feel is directly under their center of operations: that of the transfer market. The RFU can set the salary caps, they can even set how many SH players can play in a rugby team, but one thing that the clubs will never allow is the RFU telling them what players they will and will not take.</p><p></p><p>Again, the idea is sound on paper, but it will not work in a highly liberalised system such as Englands. New Zealand, fair enough. Ireland, perfect. But England? Nope.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Again, good idea, teams like Orrell, Moseley, Waterloo, Borders and..er..Celtic Warriors will be best pleased by this.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Very difficult if you had to bludgeon the English Clubs into submission. Good will and trust will be at a premium and bitterness will be rife. Just look at Wales after...er...Celtic Warriors.</p><p></p><p>Anyway, I'm not saying they are rubbish ideas, in fact they are excellent ideas borne out of logic and common sense. The problem is that the English Club Owners will fight tooth and nail to prevent anything like this from taking place.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Prestwick, post: 110338"] Regionalisation under a different name. And like the ideas of regionalisation that have gone before it will be met with anger and fury from the English fans who see their clubs being tampered with. Impossible. You could do this, but there would have to be a financial incentive and a gaurantee that the RFU isn't messing with something which the clubs feel is directly under their center of operations: that of the transfer market. The RFU can set the salary caps, they can even set how many SH players can play in a rugby team, but one thing that the clubs will never allow is the RFU telling them what players they will and will not take. Again, the idea is sound on paper, but it will not work in a highly liberalised system such as Englands. New Zealand, fair enough. Ireland, perfect. But England? Nope. Again, good idea, teams like Orrell, Moseley, Waterloo, Borders and..er..Celtic Warriors will be best pleased by this. Very difficult if you had to bludgeon the English Clubs into submission. Good will and trust will be at a premium and bitterness will be rife. Just look at Wales after...er...Celtic Warriors. Anyway, I'm not saying they are rubbish ideas, in fact they are excellent ideas borne out of logic and common sense. The problem is that the English Club Owners will fight tooth and nail to prevent anything like this from taking place. [/QUOTE]
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