Have you ever heard of the players union and work permits?
You can't just bring in a player to replace another without the say so of the players union and without a work permit which would not be granted on the basis you have been describing.
The players union must put its name to the work permit so if the incoming player would be taking an existing players job under dubious circumstances they would not endorse the work permit.
That is assuming the home office would consider issuing one in the first place which they probably would not.
Pre-salary cap at the time of Blake and Davidson a club could employ as many players as it liked (no 20/20) and all clubs used to take Aussies in their off season when we played in winter on short term deals. For example in 1985 we have Kenny and Ferguson and Hull had Stirling and Kemble. Those four were brought in for the final having played a short stint in the Aussie off season. That won't happen now and there are rules to prevent it.
I don't know what you are on about with respect to getting a replacement in for Farrell because of his injury. The only replacement we are looking for is for Davico who's career looks over.
If there was no 20/20 as said before the squad would be about 22 or 23 experienced players and so there would be no need to play youngsters before their time when injuroes hit.
In Australia their salary cap can be spread how a club sees fit over 25 players. No stupid 20/20 rule.
Dave
Exactly right, Dave. There was talk about increasing ours to a 25/20 rule, or similar, which would be an improvement, but all seems to have gone quiet again. Most people accept the £1.8m cap, although I still think that one based on a % of income would be better. How clubs spend their cap, though, should be up to them.
