6 + 5 Rule is technically legal
So... what does everyone think now that theoretically this could go through.
Personally I think even if it is theoretically legal it's still practically unworkable due to the following hypothetical situation (and similar):
1. A club, any club, has lets say... 10 English players in its senior team. Lets say 6 of them are injured, leaving them with four.
2. Lets say the worst affected position is central midfield, but they have 3 French players and an Italian who can fill the role, the two of whom are regular internationals.
3. The manager, to comply with the quota, promotes 16 year old Jim Smith from the youth team to make up the numbers. He takes the place of one of the above players.
4. The Itallian brings an action against the club for discrimination
5. The court says that the fault is not with the club but with the Fifa regulation which is restricting his right to actively work in the UK.
6. The rule ends up before the European Court of Justice, who scrap it, because otherwise they will have to deal with some variation of the situation and it's just easier to remove the situation all together.
What does everyone else reckon?
So... what does everyone think now that theoretically this could go through.
Personally I think even if it is theoretically legal it's still practically unworkable due to the following hypothetical situation (and similar):
1. A club, any club, has lets say... 10 English players in its senior team. Lets say 6 of them are injured, leaving them with four.
2. Lets say the worst affected position is central midfield, but they have 3 French players and an Italian who can fill the role, the two of whom are regular internationals.
3. The manager, to comply with the quota, promotes 16 year old Jim Smith from the youth team to make up the numbers. He takes the place of one of the above players.
4. The Itallian brings an action against the club for discrimination
5. The court says that the fault is not with the club but with the Fifa regulation which is restricting his right to actively work in the UK.
6. The rule ends up before the European Court of Justice, who scrap it, because otherwise they will have to deal with some variation of the situation and it's just easier to remove the situation all together.
What does everyone else reckon?