Ljubo will love this one, but UEFA is trying to implement a new "local player" rule....while it is small right now, I think this could help our domestic league greatly as well as our NT, what do you guys think?

Here's the article:

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Good article and idea. Of course the big western European teams are against the idea, but TOUGH! they should work to develop talent not just buy it.

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DALEKO DALEKO IZA DEVET SELA

If anything, the big countries federations should be for it. It's no coinsidence that ever since the Bosman rule came into effect, it has directly hurt the NT's of the country that has a big league. Look at Italy and Germany for example...some of their younger players may have been sacrificed and not found spots in a bigger clubs first 11 and it shows.

Then you look at a country like ours where we had a bunch of young guys leave for bigger clubs only to not find spots and ride the bench or watch the game from the luxury box in a suit because they didn't get a spot on the bench of the pitch for that game.

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DIE BOSMAN DIE!!!!!!!

And Glory to UEFA...never thought I'd say that but Glory to them.

Cheers

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I'm not on the XT payroll.

I repeat: I'm not on the XT payroll.

Over and out....

I was always a fan of the 3 foreigners per team rule. But, with the countries that are in the EU can that rule work anymore without screwing with their labor laws within the EU member countries?

If they ever went back to that old rule, it would help all the smaller domestic leagues throughout Europe.

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Just something else on this rule...this could also be a blessing in disguise for club teams in leagues such as the HNL and other similar leagues in that, it could help them make a run in CL or the UEFA Cup..you could have teams like Ajax become powers once again like they were in the 90's. Hajduk or Dinamo could make a nice quarter-final run maybe more, which means more money coming into the league as well as the teams.

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Its a good move but....

....I`ve never understood the idea of removing the foreigner limits at club football. Its supposed to be restrictive to players but clubs were still ABLE TO BUY AND PAY AS MANY FOREIGN PLAYERS AS THEY WANTED, it was just on match day that only three players could be picked. I think that UEFA should be allowed to use whatever laws they want within reason. If you are going to treat a football club like a company then soon we will have positive discrimination where AC Milan will have to have some women in the team and maybe some minorities.