A no-more-than-slight improvement in standards is not worth the cheques that have to be written to attain it.marc71178 said:So ignore the improving in standards then?
By the same token, remind me how many non-Austalians are playing in the State teams? By investing in ready-made products rather than some serious training and development in youngsters, the danger is that the standard of English players will actually fall. I'm not arguing for a complete ban on overseas pros, but the one-per-team rule seemed about right to me. Looking at the CC last season, do you really think the counties generally got value for money from the vast number of overseas guys that came and went? Beyond that, langeveldt's point was dead right, IMHO.marc71178 said:I don't see how increasing the standard of the only preparation English players have for International Cricket is wrong?
I mean the Aussie domestic game is renouned as being very strong, and remind me how good are Australia?
I guess the moral view of wanting to see counties produce quality young English players is unfortunately overshadowed by the simple legal fact that Kolpaks have the right to earn a crust here.wpdavid said:By the same token, remind me how many non-Austalians are playing in the State teams? By investing in ready-made products rather than some serious training and development in youngsters, the danger is that the standard of English players will actually fall. I'm not arguing for a complete ban on overseas pros, but the one-per-team rule seemed about right to me. Looking at the CC last season, do you really think the counties generally got value for money from the vast number of overseas guys that came and went? Beyond that, langeveldt's point was dead right, IMHO.