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Originally Posted by goldenHuddlestone I think the answer is that the very best are yes and our leauge would be no where near as exciting as it is if it wasnt for the foreign players.
I watche dthe Rugby last night between Wakefield and the Dragons ansd their was constant talk about how relegation is ruining young British talent due to the fact that teams have to deliver instant sucess and therefore have to pay out for foreign players which then ruin the chances of young British players coming through. Their two theories were to either completley scrap relegation which is how the Australians do it and I think we all know how good they are at Rugby. I don't really like this because it promotes complacence and means you end up with dead wood and a lack of competition in the lower leauges of the table.
their other suggestion is that when a team is promoted they have three years in which they are exempt from relegation meaning they have time to develop young players and bring them into the game. t be hoest I thinl this a good idea.
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This is something that had been discussed in Scotland a few years ago. I remember that tommy burns was very keen on this idea. However i dont really think that it is a good system as every team in the league needs to compete for the same thing. Any in tha past few years the newly promoted sides have done well in the prem. If you want to give teams more of an even shout there should be some financial regulations that all teams have to stick to i.e they have to run within thier operating costs. The worst thing that has happened to the prem has been abramovich coming in and buying two successive titles.
Back to the point about too many foraigners? I dont think so. Every top league in the world has a good level of quality internationals playing at different clubs. Outside some England internationals such as sherear, gerrard and rooney the best players within the prem have been foreign. Would really have wanted the premiership without Zola, Di Canio, Henry, Bergcamp and Cantona. If you took the foreigners out of the Prem it does not automatically mean that a host of young english players would come through and provide the same quality.