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<blockquote data-quote="BPM" data-source="post: 1061435" data-attributes="member: 59968"><p>I agree something needs to be done, but I don't hold out any hopes for a global calendar. It's been suggested and shot down so many times, I think you're flogging a dead horse.</p><p></p><p>The simplest way of tackling this kind of mismatch is simply to tighten-up the competition rules and put a limit on how many senior players can feature in a match day 23. That should be achievable as it doesn't require multiple unions and competitions to agree, but I suspect the main issue is branding. Premiership Rugby probably don't want to formally brand the cup as a development competition because it takes away any sense of prestige it has and they don't want the risk of there being even less interest in it than there already is.</p><p></p><p>Thankfully <em>most</em> clubs are treating it as an opportunity to rest their front line players whilst giving game time to development players and those rehabbing from injuries.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BPM, post: 1061435, member: 59968"] I agree something needs to be done, but I don’t hold out any hopes for a global calendar. It’s been suggested and shot down so many times, I think you’re flogging a dead horse. The simplest way of tackling this kind of mismatch is simply to tighten-up the competition rules and put a limit on how many senior players can feature in a match day 23. That should be achievable as it doesn’t require multiple unions and competitions to agree, but I suspect the main issue is branding. Premiership Rugby probably don’t want to formally brand the cup as a development competition because it takes away any sense of prestige it has and they don’t want the risk of there being even less interest in it than there already is. Thankfully [I]most[/I] clubs are treating it as an opportunity to rest their front line players whilst giving game time to development players and those rehabbing from injuries. [/QUOTE]
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