I like it a lot.
However.....I have been told that having the five youth teams (13,14,15,18,18) is compulsory to be an NPL club but not a NL1 club. Given the reluctance for NNSWF to bring in promotion/relegation between those two divisions and the barriers applied for NPL admission (finance, grounds etc), how many NL1 will get themselves involved? Several can't raise teams now. How will this magically change that situation? Will NL1 clubs embrace the challenge or will they just not bother? How will kids be encouraged to move up from community league to fill the teams? Will fees be regulated (or should they be)?
I think there are some NL1 clubs that will walk away from this as they either have no NPL ambition or the hoops for it are just to high and numerous. Simpler for clubs to look after community teams than "premier" teams and far cheaper for parents.
