Wednesday 14 August 2013

VODACOM CUP QUOTAS RAISES QUESTIONS?

I have read in the media today that there will be quotas for the Vodacomcup and this have raised many questions in my mind regarding whether on how it will work and what might happen.

How will SARU enforce this quota and what will the penalties be for not complying?
Will the penalty be financial or log points or a combination of both all pending on the severity of the short coming?

Will the 'bigger' unions who do not have the adequate amount of players of colour in the junior ranks develop their own players or will this just create a bigger market for poaching players of colour from unions who have already complied to this quota and already dedicated their time to the development of the players.  Will this mean that teams like Border & Eastern Province who have already increased their numbers in the age group teams and the Vodacomcup team will now just be raided more by the 'bigger' teams???

What happens if players of colour are injured (will there be allowances)?
Many teams have limited amount of players of colour to pick from and will already struggle to comply with the new quotas set in place. Will a team who has lost 2 or 3 players of colour to injury be penalised for not fielding enough players or will this somehow be monitored and kept in mind when it comes to penalising such a team (either by decreasing the penalty or by completely removing the penalty)? And if this is the case will there then be some sort of incentive for teams who do manage to play the required amount of quotas and will there be a 'prize' for the team who manages to get the most players of colour onto the field and playing?

After all of these questions are answered and the whole system has gone through the trial and error stage I think that this idea of SARU might work. There will be some growing pains as the franchises try to comply but  in the mean time many players of colour will get the required exposure and experience and we might just see one or two unlikely heroes appearing in the future. This could lead to more players of colour in the Superrugby teams and hopefully one day the Boks aswell.

Only time will tell - let us see what happens.

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