re: Ray's comments on the U-17's
Football South have a right to send their players up. As does the West Coast or whoever. Their guys should get a crack too and we only know they are not up to it after viewing them??
And the U-14 Football South Girls were arguably 'better' than Mainland's... So if the selectors cannot view in 1 place it's a hard call.
Parents paying... nature of any "high-perfomance" or academy set up. Whatever sport Mum and Dad will be paying. Is finance directly prohibiting players attending FTC? IMO no, but some parents did choose to not particapte for non-football reasons. Whether this means their kids do not make the cut for higher honours....