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Maybe this is why I don't get the NH club rugby
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<blockquote data-quote="j&#039;nuh" data-source="post: 615333" data-attributes="member: 55446"><p>Exactly.</p><p></p><p>Also, people notice and care about the effects that a player quota might have on the mega rich, such as Toulon, but they don't consider what might happen at the other end of the table. A good, international-quality young player will always understandably want to play at the top clubs. So bottom-half teams often lose their best young players to the top teams. Whilst the mega rich (eg Toulon) who can afford to have world class players in every position don't generally sign these types of players in bulk, the richer/top sides do. The concentration of the national team for France is based in the top teams that aren't as rich as Toulon, eg Toulouse and Clermont. This means that the bottom teams will struggle to grow without access to a number of foreign players.</p><p></p><p>This is why Exeter have done so well for themselves. They got in guys like Tui, Mumm, Shoemark, James, Steenson, Dollman etc., to cover for weaker areas in the squad. If you aren't allowed to resource foreigners to cover up for inadequacies in the squad, then you'll show little ambition going forward, and players will get up and leave. There's no way Gloucester would be able to keep so many stars in contract this season if they didn't have the ability to recruit guys like Afoa and Hibbard in order to show ambition.</p><p></p><p>In general, a compromise needs to be made. 70% seems reasonable IMO, but I wouldn't be upset if a team just had to dip below it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="j'nuh, post: 615333, member: 55446"] Exactly. Also, people notice and care about the effects that a player quota might have on the mega rich, such as Toulon, but they don't consider what might happen at the other end of the table. A good, international-quality young player will always understandably want to play at the top clubs. So bottom-half teams often lose their best young players to the top teams. Whilst the mega rich (eg Toulon) who can afford to have world class players in every position don't generally sign these types of players in bulk, the richer/top sides do. The concentration of the national team for France is based in the top teams that aren't as rich as Toulon, eg Toulouse and Clermont. This means that the bottom teams will struggle to grow without access to a number of foreign players. This is why Exeter have done so well for themselves. They got in guys like Tui, Mumm, Shoemark, James, Steenson, Dollman etc., to cover for weaker areas in the squad. If you aren't allowed to resource foreigners to cover up for inadequacies in the squad, then you'll show little ambition going forward, and players will get up and leave. There's no way Gloucester would be able to keep so many stars in contract this season if they didn't have the ability to recruit guys like Afoa and Hibbard in order to show ambition. In general, a compromise needs to be made. 70% seems reasonable IMO, but I wouldn't be upset if a team just had to dip below it. [/QUOTE]
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