07-08-2016, 12:59 PM
Nicely explained Geo. I posted about the ruling a little while ago and honestly we're actually in a decent spot for this. I'd like to believe that this will have the desired effect, that young talents developed in Italy (which inevitably means mostly Italian players), will be given better opportunities to grow at the highest level. I know it might seem kind of nationalistic or xenophobic (despite me not being Italian) in me saying I want to see Italians being given space to develop, but I think the key is always balance. Germany and Spain are great examples of this, where homegrown talents are given opportunities to flourish despite no shortage of foreign players being offered space in the competitions.
My issue in Italy is talents aren't given the opportunities, whether it be to offer space to the seemingly more attractive foreign names, or whether it be due to cost (Italians do cost more domestically). As much as I value the input of foreign players and what they bring, I think it needs to be for the right reasons, either to fill gaps that Italian teams have or to bring quality into the league to make it richer and of a higher standard.
My personal preference would be that this sort of ruling isn't needed, that Italian clubs themselves would understand that balancing domestic and overseas players themselves is actually beneficial to the long term success of the club. Instead, I fully expect that a lot of clubs will use loopholes to try and work around the system (e.g. buy players to loan out for a few years domestically to make them eligible or sticking their youth players in roles of no real use).
My issue in Italy is talents aren't given the opportunities, whether it be to offer space to the seemingly more attractive foreign names, or whether it be due to cost (Italians do cost more domestically). As much as I value the input of foreign players and what they bring, I think it needs to be for the right reasons, either to fill gaps that Italian teams have or to bring quality into the league to make it richer and of a higher standard.
My personal preference would be that this sort of ruling isn't needed, that Italian clubs themselves would understand that balancing domestic and overseas players themselves is actually beneficial to the long term success of the club. Instead, I fully expect that a lot of clubs will use loopholes to try and work around the system (e.g. buy players to loan out for a few years domestically to make them eligible or sticking their youth players in roles of no real use).