Quote Originally Posted by ForeverRed View Post
The very first year of NPL there was a points system included that would have worked perfectly but magic & olympic seen the threat and had it watered down to what it is today, it?s basically pointless, pardon the pun.
I would like to see a system that almost forces clubs to play their own youth into seniors.Maybe 18s and reserves need to have a % of players who have played in the junior ranks,and a smaller % into 1st grade.Something that takes away the habit of stacking reserves with weaker clubs best players and does the double whammy of not only having good players on benches,but keeps good players at clubs that need them the most and hopefully strengthening the competition.Local NPL (and realistically the A-League itself) should be all about a pathway for young players trying to make steps up the ladder.Seeing the same old veterans swap NPL clubs year after year doesnt do a whole lot to grow the comp.Limit overage players per club,force local youth to play and see if that helps.Of course theres 100 holes in the few sentences I've typed but the cycle the local comp is in at the moment doesnt seem to be improving.And if you ask every NPL club they'll tell you they are all about youth development and are very proud of the kids they are bringing through.So lets see these same kids make it to 1st grade.