I do mind. I don't mind it being at your club, prefer it's at my club, however have an issue with it being the federation we pay money to run the game. Seems a little random that a big organisation is able to take the best players out of the clubs to call their own. My biggest gripe is how they can go straight into a Canty Rep team without trialling. Where is the incentive for other clubs to put in the hard work knowing their best kids are going to be skimmed?[/QUOTE]
This is a biggie for me, yes they're in the Academy set up but they should still need to trial. I know a few kids who have said they aren't going to bother with the zone/rep set up because of this (and the whole X is X Jr's Dad so hes defo in the rep team).
Yes the kids will usually gravitate to a club/coach but I'd rather that than the skimming which presently occurs. As a prime example look at the vacuum of talent that hit Nomads when Danny got the Academy gig 2 years ago...pretty much their whole 17D1 side went with him. I'm not saying they all would have stayed or made MPL but its certainly screwed them over.
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As for quality of 17/18 DIV 1 see "hoary old chestnut/schools"
This is a biggie for me, yes they're in the Academy set up but they should still need to trial. I know a few kids who have said they aren't going to bother with the zone/rep set up because of this (and the whole X is X Jr's Dad so hes defo in the rep team).
Yes the kids will usually gravitate to a club/coach but I'd rather that than the skimming which presently occurs. As a prime example look at the vacuum of talent that hit Nomads when Danny got the Academy gig 2 years ago...pretty much their whole 17D1 side went with him. I'm not saying they all would have stayed or made MPL but its certainly screwed them over.
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As for quality of 17/18 DIV 1 see "hoary old chestnut/schools"
Simple fix - change the 15s to 16s and take out 17s. Seeing as quite a few clubs have 15s as the last step before PDL make it a bit tougher, and hopefully by merging 17s & 18s together its actually a decent competition.
gings2011-05-24 16:30:02