Not sure if this should be separate topic or not, or in which forum.
Whole of Football plan identifies progression for elite junior players as 1) Federation Talent Centre, 2) National Talent Centre and 3) Talent Excel programme. Seems NZF are about to deny access to NTC to players not signed up to NZF aligned FTCs (who may or may not be training in private academies). Thinking goes that they have no control over those programmes etc. There were rumours of an accreditation programme to private providers but that seems to have turned decidely pear-shaped.
Anyone have any thoughts, inside info or usubstantiated hearsay? Job for Fred, perhaps?