Quote Originally Posted by Hunter403 View Post
So if you are a NL1 club that runs a full youth program, in 12 months you could well be competing with other NL1 clubs that don't and possibly promoted ZPL clubs that don't, and you won't get promoted to NPL.

Why would any club bother with youth on those terms? The work required to run a program, find qualified coaches, run a separate game day etc etc, not to mention the added expense, is just not worth it. And if you don't need youth, why run JDL.

If this is the case then this is just another example of the brilliant decisions brought to you by the fools at NNSW Football.
I know some NL1 teams favour their youth more than the seniors, and since these NL1 teams could see their youth promoted to NPL from next year, why wouldn't they want to run it?