Nope, because of decoupling, having no youth will not be punished unless you have dreams of NPL.Originally Posted by Spell Check
And when NL1 senior grades gets opened to current ZPL sides with no youth at all.........It will happen. Picture a strong current ZPL side going "up" to NL1 and dominating but never seeking promotion to NPL because a)why bother with youth, b) why stop being top dog and c)why take on the added costs/burdens?
Next year will be even worse for NL1 with NL going up (or so rumour central has it).
If I ran a NL1 club, I would can NL1 youth, and drop those teams into community league. Cheaper, simpler and as long as I provide the same quality of coaching etc I will still have young players to make their way up. Worry abut NPL somewhere down the track.
The reality is we are putting lipstick on a pig. We have too many teams in NPL and NL1 for the available talent. We have a CEO that does as he pleases and has promised clubs things and for some reason fears braking those promises. We have a board that won't make the choices needed for today and seems to be under the control of the CEO.
The board needs to make independent decisions based on today's reality and see them implemented for the good of the game. If some clubs are disappointed by that, there will be just as many who are pleased by it. Consensus on here seems to be two comps of 8 with promotion and relegation and a youth stream which is decoupled and includes FNC, NC and NI. If we forum loonies can see it, why can't the games administrators?
If choices were made in reality, there is no way Cookers would have gone up, there is no way NL will go up and there is no way Adamstown, Lakes and Valo would all still be NPL. Think on where we would be today on that basis.
