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[MegaThread] RFU Top Flight Future
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<blockquote data-quote="Which Tyler" data-source="post: 1104195" data-attributes="member: 73592"><p>I'm torn - On the one hand, I do like Giteau's Law, in allowing players who've "paid their dues" to earn more elsewhere; but then, they lose the control and rest periods of the EPS agreement.</p><p>Equally, I'm a firm believer that spending some time in a different environment, a different league, can really help round out a player's game, and their individual personality TBH.</p><p></p><p>For W&W players, I'm absolutely in favour of a 9 month allowance, as it's happening mid-season (I see some Sarries fans complaining that their players weren't allowed the same whilst in the Champ for a full year, and with most of a year's warning in advance).</p><p></p><p>If it works out well for those W&W players who do go abroad for the rest of the year, and return (and if Mercer, for example, shows the improvement he made in France) then I'd be in favour of some sort of sabbatical arrangement, where players can head overseas for a year and return, and have a secondary aspect of the EPS to include these - whilst acknowledging that they won't be having as much time in camp, and are less likely to be selected - or something - I can't instinctively see a practical way forward for it right now.</p><p>Maybe a pseudo-central-contract? RFU employ 4-5 players, and loan them out overseas, but retain the EPS level controls? Agree that this central contract is a one-off, and the player has to find a club contract on return?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Which Tyler, post: 1104195, member: 73592"] I'm torn - On the one hand, I do like Giteau's Law, in allowing players who've "paid their dues" to earn more elsewhere; but then, they lose the control and rest periods of the EPS agreement. Equally, I'm a firm believer that spending some time in a different environment, a different league, can really help round out a player's game, and their individual personality TBH. For W&W players, I'm absolutely in favour of a 9 month allowance, as it's happening mid-season (I see some Sarries fans complaining that their players weren't allowed the same whilst in the Champ for a full year, and with most of a year's warning in advance). If it works out well for those W&W players who do go abroad for the rest of the year, and return (and if Mercer, for example, shows the improvement he made in France) then I'd be in favour of some sort of sabbatical arrangement, where players can head overseas for a year and return, and have a secondary aspect of the EPS to include these - whilst acknowledging that they won't be having as much time in camp, and are less likely to be selected - or something - I can't instinctively see a practical way forward for it right now. Maybe a pseudo-central-contract? RFU employ 4-5 players, and loan them out overseas, but retain the EPS level controls? Agree that this central contract is a one-off, and the player has to find a club contract on return? [/QUOTE]
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