Quote Originally Posted by Taffy View Post
I heard NL13s dropped a player from U14s this weekend (correct age) who scored almost all the goals for the 13s this weekend. Plenty of clubs have done it and it is well within the rules to do so and if they needed the 13s to get six points this weekend to secure promotion to Div1 then fair play to them.
It can be viewed as a bad thing as well as clubs chase results over development but its damned if you do damned if you dont isnt it.I have no problem whatsoever with players who have been playing higher ages all year getting put back in for finals as clubs should be encouraged and rewarded for having players who are able to play up a year.It can backfire though so clubs need to manage these types of situations carefully.Its crazy to think that theres only a game or two left for a lot of the kids this season (apart from making finals) after the first half of the season seemed to drag on.Plenty on here have called for it but a home and away 2nd half of the year seems a no brainer for future years.