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<blockquote data-quote="TRF_heineken" data-source="post: 794882" data-attributes="member: 40658"><p>Finally a politician speaking some sense with regard to the transformation issue:</p><p><a href="http://www.sport24.co.za/Rugby/Springboks/2019-transformation-plan-a-funeral-policy-da-20160420" target="_blank">http://www.sport24.co.za/Rugby/Springboks/2019-transformation-plan-a-funeral-policy-da-20160420</a></p><p></p><p>[TEXTAREA]"I would still suggest and put it that this transformation policy is a funeral policy … maybe a nicer name is calling it 'colour by numbers,'" said Bergman.</p><p></p><p>Bergman was concerned that the policy would encourage South African players to further their careers overseas.</p><p></p><p>"The problem with that is not that it’s white players (leaving South Africa) … it’s a mixture of players and the feedback would be that we are creating two classes of player again," he said.</p><p></p><p>"<strong>When you play overseas, you’re a rugby player. You’re not a white player or a black player, you’re just a rugby player.</strong></p><p></p><p>"<strong>When you play in South Africa, though, you’ve got the added burden of being judged … are you there because you’re a merit player, or are you there because you’re a certain colour?</strong>"</p><p></p><p>Bergman challenged a rethink when it came to transformation policy, saying that a greater focus should be placed on the lower levels as opposed to the national team.</p><p></p><p>"I don’t think that’s what we meant when we said we want transformation. We’re totally for transformation, but the transformation has to be responsible," he said.</p><p></p><p>"Transformation … if it was taking place correctly at school level, club level and provincial level then we would never have to worry about what was happening on a national level because then transformation corrects itself. [/TEXTAREA]</p><p></p><p>The Bold parts especially is something I wish more people would take to heart!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TRF_heineken, post: 794882, member: 40658"] Finally a politician speaking some sense with regard to the transformation issue: [URL="http://www.sport24.co.za/Rugby/Springboks/2019-transformation-plan-a-funeral-policy-da-20160420"]http://www.sport24.co.za/Rugby/Springboks/2019-transformation-plan-a-funeral-policy-da-20160420[/URL] [TEXTAREA]"I would still suggest and put it that this transformation policy is a funeral policy … maybe a nicer name is calling it 'colour by numbers,'" said Bergman. Bergman was concerned that the policy would encourage South African players to further their careers overseas. "The problem with that is not that it’s white players (leaving South Africa) … it’s a mixture of players and the feedback would be that we are creating two classes of player again," he said. "[B]When you play overseas, you’re a rugby player. You’re not a white player or a black player, you’re just a rugby player.[/B] "[B]When you play in South Africa, though, you’ve got the added burden of being judged … are you there because you’re a merit player, or are you there because you’re a certain colour?[/B]" Bergman challenged a rethink when it came to transformation policy, saying that a greater focus should be placed on the lower levels as opposed to the national team. "I don’t think that’s what we meant when we said we want transformation. We’re totally for transformation, but the transformation has to be responsible," he said. "Transformation … if it was taking place correctly at school level, club level and provincial level then we would never have to worry about what was happening on a national level because then transformation corrects itself. [/TEXTAREA] The Bold parts especially is something I wish more people would take to heart! [/QUOTE]
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