Impact of New Home Grown Rules in the English Premier League

[irishfan86]

Personally, the worst aspect of this is that the "nurseries" here will encourage our youngsters to go to England or Scotland at age 14 even more than they are already.

But I thought clubs couldn't sign players under 18 anymore?

[Fergie's Son]

It, like any effort to stiffle competition, is a mistake. I've never know anything to improve by eliminating or stiffling competition. I can't see it making a massive difference.

[tetsujin1979]

None of whom are regulars in the Irish first team.

they're players who were developed in the League of Ireland who have moved to England in the last few years.

[Stuttgart88]

Did I say "going forward"? I hate that term.

The League of Ireland solution is simple:

attract investment & attract the right type of investor

The only difficult part is to create a climate that means that an investor has some realistic chance of some kind of a return on his investment!

Despite some comments I read on the LOI forum, I think the FAI is doing a good job with its licensing rules.

[eirebhoy]

But I thought clubs couldn't sign players under 18 anymore?

I don't know where you heard that..

[peadar1987]

It, like any effort to stiffle competition, is a mistake. I've never know anything to improve by eliminating or stiffling competition. I can't see it making a massive difference.

It's not an effort to stifle competition, it's an effort to encourage competition by making sure the bigger clubs don't just hoover up all the promising players from the four corners of the globe.

Also, if more Irish players are playing at home, or are going to have to be developed at home, it can only benefit our national league in terms of standard of play, media exposure, and investment, which is a good thing.