[ Its not healthy for the league in my opinion. I'm sure all the junior players at tech and bays are delighted to see their subs helping to pay crazy wages to the senior squad
Bays just continuing modus operandi.
As for Cashmere, the new Board is splashing the cash on buying senior players. I wonder what those Cashmere & Tech juniors think about development pathways when they see so many players bought/brought in?
Seriously a club that big (1200 juniors between the 2 clubs in 2011) should be investing ALL its money into player development - but that would be a long term view and not satisfy 2012 Chatham Cup dreams.
Barcelona! (or Real Madrid, take your pick).
Not surprising Ca$hmere getting into Dragons players with Andy Pitman as assistant coach and John Brown on the Canterbury United board.
One of the reasons Cashmere parents were so dead against the merger was because they could see their subs money going on the senior squad, they may well be right.