FA want to reduce number of non-EU players by 50%. Only the PL will be able to sign non-EU players and then will be unable to loan them out.
Only the PL signing non-EU players would surely create an even bigger gap between the PL and the Championship? Restricting the range of players the Championship clubs can bring in, especially as bargains can be had with non-EU players, even if the scouting networks of the clubs in the lower divisions don't always allow them to find them.
I don't think it will cause the League Clubs any serious problems, but hopefully will give a few chances to more British players. We can't do anything about EU players. I don't know how many non-EU members are loaned out by PL clubs in a season, but it would have stopped Mayuka's reported loan to Wolves for example.
Yes, if they don't get EU membership. And that could take them a while. There was a piece on Sky about sports if Scotland leaves GB. They think it will be a bit tight for them to get into the next Olympics and a Scottish sports spokesman said they would have to be selective about the sports they supported as there wouldn't be the resources presently available. At least initially, many sportsmen and women would opt for GB or lose their funding.
Berwick-on-Tweed presently play in the Scottish League and are unsure what the future holds. I know that the people of Berwick used to agitate for the town to be moved into Scotland because there were financial advantages, but I think they will change their mind if the country becomes independent and the truth hits home.
Veering off-topic, what's everyone's opinion on the referendum? Personally I'd like the Scots to stay. Leaving will destabilise UK Politics. Labour lose 40 seats, whereas the Conservatives lose 1. This could lead to a else a semi-permanent Conservative government. (And before I get accused of politcial bias, I'd be just as concerned of the loss was the reverse situation - for a democracy to work, the opposition needs to be a credible force who can hold the executive to account.)
I know it's off topic, but it's something we all should be concerned with, to be honest. No-one has explained to me what happens if only 40% of the population vote and 51% of those vote 'Yes' - that would mean that only just over 20% of the Scottish population (including all the immigrants who, in my opinion, shouldn't vote - only those born there should be able to) want to break away, yet they get the chance. It's a crazy situation and with the bully boy tactics currently going on, it seems to me that the 'Yes' vote could win, which would be a disaster - both for Britain and Scotland. There are too many unknowns and the complacency by Westminster and the panic in the last couple of weeks has made it laughable. Rant over - back to the topic - Scottish players will have to decide whether to become 'English' and be classified as EU players or 'Scottish' (with new passports, etc) and risk being excluded. Crazy situation. One which should never have been entertained.
I would hate it to happen because I have grown up in a Britain which included the Scots. Unless they were playing an English side, I have always supported the Scots in any sporting events (unlike a few I know). It's like they are my second country. Our lives are so intertwined I cannot even imagine how we will be untangled. The Chinese have a curse 'May you live in interesting times'...I think we may be about to find out. I vote Conservative, so am not bothered in the short term by a move to eternal Tory governments. After all, if that is what England, Wales and NI want, that is democracy. However, in the long term there will be political movement...after all, if you took the present Conservative party and dumped them in Victorian times they would be regarded virtually as communists.
It is only right that it is the people who actually live in Scotland who can vote...they will be the people affected. It would be racist to say you have to live in Scotland and be of Scottish ancestry (how many...one parent, one grandparent or do you need only a great-grandparent). On that basis, quite a few Americans or Australians can vote. A nephew of mine lives in Scotland and his children are Scottish...is he to be disenfranchised? A friend has made her home in Scotland as her husband is a submariner...she has a vested interest in the Navy staying in Scotland. Don't worry about a low turn out either...this is something people care about, the turnout will be very high.
Yeah, I remember that. I thought the USA was finally going to grow up and embrace civilsation at last, but no, they must keep their frontier mentality. No offence, but twats.
I disagree. I think it should be restricted to British passport holders that are resident in Scotland. That can be English that chose to live in Scotland or people who have been 'nationalised'. It most definitely should not include nationals from other countries that are not British passport holders whether they be commonwealth countries or EU migrants as they are much more likely to be short term voters. It should also not include any Scots famous or otherwise that do not reside in Scotland. The Hollywood Scots that are pushing the yes vote yet have not lived in Scotland for decades should not be able to vote on what happens to those who do live there. As for my opinion. I think it would make Britain look weaker but economically I don't think there is much argument either way. I personally don't think we'll be financially poorer for it. Probably contrary in that companies that may have had bases in both countries would probably move those jobs into England / Wales. I think it will be close but expect the No vote to win out in the end. There is no way most Scots are going to vote Yes when Westminster says they will not have Sterling and the EU says they will have to apply and go through a 5 years or more process. Alex Salmond's pantomime'esque 'Oh yes we will' is a ridiculous response.
I'm English, My wife is Welsh, my son-in-law is Scots, one of my granddaughters is a quarter English, a quarter Welsh and half Scots. The Union is not just a political concept it is now in the genes of the people. The vote must be for staying in the United Kingdom.
Don't think Northern Ireland has any representatives from any of the main UK political parties although the Tories did re-unite with their old Unionist chums in the last election and managed to get zilch!!! IMO what the Tories did was underhand and divisive. For all their faults, neither Labour nor the Lib Dems put up candidates in the province.
It's a bit silly to me. I mean, why make a difference between EU and non-EU players? So you can buy as much Bulgarian players as you like, and not a single Turkish player, eh?
That's about it. Is it EU/non-EU by birth or EU/non-EU by workplace though..? For example Mayuka and Mane. Both non-EU players by birth, but purchased from EU clubs. Would they count..?
