Originally Posted by
sapdad
I have no idea how you got this reply from my post but let me clear it up.The example I was using was from another club using the rule.I know that kid involved and seen him play.In his case it looks like a fair use of the rule.I have no idea about the kid at Valentine and far from defending it,I said it seemed like an abuse of the rule if hes playing both grades consistently.I asked how he can be deemed too small for 16s if hes clearly getting picked in 16s.Thats why I said it seemed like and abuse.But I dont know any more about the Valentine situation.I was just asking questions to help me understand.If lots of people have an issue with the Valentine situation and its influencing results then you need to contact the governing body to get some sort of clarification on how this is allowed to occur.A simple fix would be that if a club/player is invoking the rule then that player is banned from playing up for the season.
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