The secondary schools need to be isolated. They do nothing for football. Senior level will be stronger when clubs have a clear path through the age grades. Leaking players to schools helps no one, and only increases the myth that some schools are better than others.
Without organized and strong junior football we will never establish Senior Football to where (I guess) a lot of us think it could/should be in Chch. I fail to see how losing top players for 2 seasons because of school regs is permissible/desired.
that is not to say the problems with our youth level football is entirely the problem of the school set up.
The secondary schools need to be isolated. They do nothing for football. Senior level will be stronger when clubs have a clear path through the age grades. Leaking players to schools helps no one, and only increases the myth that some schools are better than others.
Without organized and strong junior football we will never establish Senior Football to where (I guess) a lot of us think it could/should be in Chch. I fail to see how losing top players for 2 seasons because of school regs is permissible/desired.
that is not to say the problems with our youth level football is entirely the problem of the school set up.