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.
Why would the other Oceania states let it all go away if our U-17's have qualified for Chile with ineligible players?
Too late for OFC to kick NZ U17s out of Chile I would have thought - don't protests need to be made within relatively short time period post tournament play? However if it's proven we've been rorting the system, then anything is possible.
Yeah, I think it's the latter that's the potential problem.
Agreed, but they we would have to move quickly for it to affect U17s. Chile tournament is in October.