hepatitis wrote:
Not much different from say, Chelsea play their 2nd team in early rounds of league cup, for example, but they don’t have to play those same players in later rounds.
An Auckland FC side won the right to play in the Asian championship. How they fill the team is their right.
Sure. Unless Arsenal isn’t allowed a team in the league cup cos they’re from London…
A model where a team is forbidden from a competition, but not its players doesn’t strike you as plain bonkers?
I’m assuming they don’t have to re-register to Auckland (in OFC) and fax in registration for that completely different club, and register with Auckland in OFC. They remain contracted Australian A league players, playing in the OFC? But if they were an Australian team they can’t play.
A model where a team is forbidden from a competition, but not its players doesn’t strike you as plain bonkers?
I’m assuming they don’t have to re-register to Auckland (in OFC) and fax in registration for that completely different club, and register with Auckland in OFC. They remain contracted Australian A league players, playing in the OFC? But if they were an Australian team they can’t play.