I get your point, but if its so cut and dried to assist the genuine, why on earth is not a transparent rule bound process that is open and there for all to see?
That's a fair question. You'd think if there was a proper exemption process it would be documented somewhere.
It's entirely possible that we're all suffering groupthink here, that the rules are not intended to ping lads like Wynne, that FIFA will see common sense and this will all go away.
I think the fact that the UK has a blanket exemption for players who have had 5 years schooling shows that is what FIFA intended (see the Raheem Stirling example). I actually still don't see how he could qualify and a NZ kid doesn't so the exemptions has to be straight forward...
In fact, the UK could easily do exactly what the rules are intended to negate and bring kids over for junior schooling and qualify them which to me makes the rules a nonsense