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<blockquote data-quote="TRF_Olyy" data-source="post: 903298" data-attributes="member: 34990"><p>Just to play devils advocate, and I don't know enough about the situation to have an informed opinion, could you not say the exact opposite as well? Which is what Willemse is saying. POC players can be dismissed easily as quota players if they have a bad game, or simply if a fan or pundit doesn't like them. It diminishes their accomplishments and is an east excuse to bag on them even they are there on merit.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>The whole quota thing just seems insane to me, looking in from the outside. I can understand the logic behind it, but an international side should be the best players eligible at the highest level.</p><p>If you're implementing a quota system it should be at the lowest levels, that's where it makes more sense IMO. Not everyone has the same opportunities when starting out their career, schools academies clubs scouts etc. are all geared up to favour the richer communities (it's the same in the UK where the majority of pro players are from private schools as they have the money for the beat facilities and coaches etc)</p><p>Once everyone is a pro player I think it's a level playing field (for the most part - You'll always get favouritism and bias in some selectors, but not enough for a quota system imo) but not everyone has the same chance to get their foot in the door.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TRF_Olyy, post: 903298, member: 34990"] Just to play devils advocate, and I don't know enough about the situation to have an informed opinion, could you not say the exact opposite as well? Which is what Willemse is saying. POC players can be dismissed easily as quota players if they have a bad game, or simply if a fan or pundit doesn't like them. It diminishes their accomplishments and is an east excuse to bag on them even they are there on merit. The whole quota thing just seems insane to me, looking in from the outside. I can understand the logic behind it, but an international side should be the best players eligible at the highest level. If you're implementing a quota system it should be at the lowest levels, that's where it makes more sense IMO. Not everyone has the same opportunities when starting out their career, schools academies clubs scouts etc. are all geared up to favour the richer communities (it's the same in the UK where the majority of pro players are from private schools as they have the money for the beat facilities and coaches etc) Once everyone is a pro player I think it's a level playing field (for the most part - You'll always get favouritism and bias in some selectors, but not enough for a quota system imo) but not everyone has the same chance to get their foot in the door. [/QUOTE]
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