Yeah I don't see anything wrong in that, Rajasthan is under no obligation to let go any of their players. You don't know when one of them get injured and another has to take his place. Also it is perfectly legal. And as long as the national team is not affected, I don't see any point.
Yeah, tragically I think the overseas players rule of your own domestic competition applies, pretty messed up really
Nah, I'm fine with the rules. I don't think any of the non-Indian teams have more than 4 overseas players, so the only team affected by it are the Indian ones, and I support the 4 overseas player rule in the IPL anyway.
I said they shouldn't allow loan signings, but to not allow players who are now Middlesex players play is quite frankly ridiculous.
It's a ridiculous thought.
How can you guarantee that any new signings aren't specifically brought in for the purpose of winning the CL?I said they shouldn't allow loan signings, but to not allow players who are now Middlesex players play is quite frankly ridiculous.
As for the overseas players, it does make sense, but it is a totally skewed competition that some sides are allowed more overseas players than others. Honestly, the whole thing is a total farce.
Imagine if UEFA barred Deco from playing for Chelsea in this year's CL, because he didn't play for them last season
Nah, I like the rule. This competition is supposed to determine the best of the franchises. It doesn't make sense if you allow a franchise to change from what got them int the first place. I know middlesex is hurting, but this rule helps everyone not in the IPL because otherwise IPL owners might 'buy' all the star players from every other team in the IPL just for this purpose, and you could have an Indian XI + four world superstars being fielded for Bangalore or something. It wouldn't be workable.
So what if they bring signings in to win the CL?? Like I said, as long as they aren't just loaning them, then they are Middlesex players, who'll play in the championship, the Pro40, etc, so not letting them play in the CL is ridiculous.
Then they can play next year after playing a domestic season with Middlesex. The team that did well in the domestic championship is who should play.
Well, whats the guarantee the new signings aren't going to be prematurely released soon after the CL? Now, that would make a mockery of the entire thing. A $ 5 million bounty is good enough incentive for short term mutual understandings to develop between teams and other players.
Forget my Football CL example earlier, let's scale it down a bit.
How are you going to stop wealthy teams from buying up players just before the CL in order to boost their chances of winning the prize?
OK, so what's stopping people from making deals for the money that allows players to move 'permanently', and then move back out again after the series.
See, now that is truly ridiculous. Allow that and you'll see fans whinging about how the IPL teams (or whichever teams happen to be most wealthy at the time) have reduced the CL to a farce by signing up all the players they can afford to, thus weakening the other teams. There is absolutely no way you can rely on the so called permanent deals. The entire crux of your argument, the permanent deals, is on a weak footing. The IPL runs for 6 weeks a year. They'd need to sign up players for just that period. That would constitute a permanent deal, wouldn't it? There's none of that FC cricket or Pro40 and whatever for them to worry about. Wait for Australia/NZ/SA to come up with their league and you'd see the same.
Indeed. Add to that the fact that the courts in England have apparently passed a ruling which means that the counties cannot deny their players the right to play in other leagues (the ICL) simultaneously, we'd end up in a farce with players signing "permanent" deals with other teams of convenience left, right and centre.