Post by ontheup on Feb 25, 2014 16:38:12 GMT
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Perhaps it's about time Oliver sent a copy of his open letter to the conference clubs to remind them of his very direct approach to Greg Dyke outlining what he believes to be the issues surrounding grass roots football. Which included how non league clubs are not compensated purely because they can't afford to put players on a contract.
Dover Gooner, if you're reading, the following paragraphs are the relevant ones from a Dover perspective:
From our research into this thorny subject we have concluded that there seems to be no FA regulation enabling fair compensation to be paid to non-league clubs, who see their young players leaving to join bigger clubs. This can be called poaching, tapping-up, whatever; it happens at all clubs and we are helpless to prevent it.
These young players may spend years in our youth teams or academy. They are not on contract either because we simply cannot afford to take such a financial risk or because we genuinely believe it is in the student’s interest to stay in full time education. And yet there is simply no compensation payable.
Do you think this is fair or encourages clubs to spend significant moneys to set up academies as we did, at our cost? Do you not think more academies staffed with better coaches are one of the ways forward in assisting you to achieve your objective of more young, talented English players coming through? Surely it is at our level, Conference level and even Football League level that academies could potentially be full of English-qualified young players looking to hone their skills. This is where the next generation of exceptional players can emerge and be taken on in due course by Premier League clubs. With encouragement and fair compensation please.
Perhaps it's about time Oliver sent a copy of his open letter to the conference clubs to remind them of his very direct approach to Greg Dyke outlining what he believes to be the issues surrounding grass roots football. Which included how non league clubs are not compensated purely because they can't afford to put players on a contract.
Dover Gooner, if you're reading, the following paragraphs are the relevant ones from a Dover perspective:
From our research into this thorny subject we have concluded that there seems to be no FA regulation enabling fair compensation to be paid to non-league clubs, who see their young players leaving to join bigger clubs. This can be called poaching, tapping-up, whatever; it happens at all clubs and we are helpless to prevent it.
These young players may spend years in our youth teams or academy. They are not on contract either because we simply cannot afford to take such a financial risk or because we genuinely believe it is in the student’s interest to stay in full time education. And yet there is simply no compensation payable.
Do you think this is fair or encourages clubs to spend significant moneys to set up academies as we did, at our cost? Do you not think more academies staffed with better coaches are one of the ways forward in assisting you to achieve your objective of more young, talented English players coming through? Surely it is at our level, Conference level and even Football League level that academies could potentially be full of English-qualified young players looking to hone their skills. This is where the next generation of exceptional players can emerge and be taken on in due course by Premier League clubs. With encouragement and fair compensation please.