Comments on: Uefa gets it spot on with homegrown quotas http://soccerlens.com/uefa-gets-it-spot-on-with-homegrown-quotas/11665/ Soccerlens - Football News You Can Trust Sat, 21 Nov 2009 11:45:26 -0800 http://soccerlens.com/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: aggressivgullfisk http://soccerlens.com/uefa-gets-it-spot-on-with-homegrown-quotas/11665/comment-page-1/#comment-101653 aggressivgullfisk Thu, 11 Sep 2008 08:42:41 +0000 http://soccerlens.com/?p=11665#comment-101653 @Mads United USA It's hard to find 11 proper players for the English national team, how could top clubs find 7 each?:) @Mads United USA

It’s hard to find 11 proper players for the English national team, how could top clubs find 7 each?:)

]]> By: Mads United USA http://soccerlens.com/uefa-gets-it-spot-on-with-homegrown-quotas/11665/comment-page-1/#comment-101629 Mads United USA Wed, 10 Sep 2008 16:45:15 +0000 http://soccerlens.com/?p=11665#comment-101629 make a club from nation A have AT LEAST 7 players from nation A (citizens) in their CL squad... now that is a better compromise make a club from nation A have AT LEAST 7 players from nation A (citizens) in their CL squad… now that is a better compromise

]]> By: tony http://soccerlens.com/uefa-gets-it-spot-on-with-homegrown-quotas/11665/comment-page-1/#comment-101626 tony Wed, 10 Sep 2008 15:50:33 +0000 http://soccerlens.com/?p=11665#comment-101626 There are always loopholes to every rule. This just means that teams will begin recruiting foreign players from age 17 so they can have the required 3-years in a local academy. Just like we have a growing number of nationalised brazilians on euro teams like spain, turkey, and croatia, we will have a growing number of foreign players swelling the upper-level ranks of british team academies. While this will assure a high-level at the very top, it will do nothing to preserve the levels at the bottom ages 3+, which is what really is needed. The more you try to make strange laws like this, is the more you end up creating strange situations. It's either all or nothing, but not a mixture. What's really happening is a fight against globalisation. There are always loopholes to every rule. This just means that teams will begin recruiting foreign players from age 17 so they can have the required 3-years in a local academy. Just like we have a growing number of nationalised brazilians on euro teams like spain, turkey, and croatia, we will have a growing number of foreign players swelling the upper-level ranks of british team academies. While this will assure a high-level at the very top, it will do nothing to preserve the levels at the bottom ages 3+, which is what really is needed. The more you try to make strange laws like this, is the more you end up creating strange situations. It’s either all or nothing, but not a mixture. What’s really happening is a fight against globalisation.

]]> By: aggressivgullfisk http://soccerlens.com/uefa-gets-it-spot-on-with-homegrown-quotas/11665/comment-page-1/#comment-101625 aggressivgullfisk Wed, 10 Sep 2008 15:44:16 +0000 http://soccerlens.com/?p=11665#comment-101625 If you look at the last few seasons, there are at least a dozen, maybe a score of young players at top clubs who made their debuts in a CL group game - the fifth, or the sixth round - so, I think it is not a must to have some home league games under your belt before you get into the first teame in Europe. If you look at the last few seasons, there are at least a dozen, maybe a score of young players at top clubs who made their debuts in a CL group game – the fifth, or the sixth round – so, I think it is not a must to have some home league games under your belt before you get into the first teame in Europe.

]]> By: vespo http://soccerlens.com/uefa-gets-it-spot-on-with-homegrown-quotas/11665/comment-page-1/#comment-101596 vespo Wed, 10 Sep 2008 11:04:04 +0000 http://soccerlens.com/?p=11665#comment-101596 this decision is spot on. there are two reasons everyone loves champions league football: 1) top notch play with big money and prestige attached 2) a mix of club/international competition. the international aspect of the champions league is what makes it truly great, and is just as important in a country's bragging rights to good football as, say, the euro cup. even if this facet is more percieved by the fans that actually relevant to the quality of a country's football, this is a great step by uefa to preserve that aspect of the competition. this decision is spot on. there are two reasons everyone loves champions league football: 1) top notch play with big money and prestige attached 2) a mix of club/international competition. the international aspect of the champions league is what makes it truly great, and is just as important in a country’s bragging rights to good football as, say, the euro cup. even if this facet is more percieved by the fans that actually relevant to the quality of a country’s football, this is a great step by uefa to preserve that aspect of the competition.

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