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<blockquote data-quote="FrenchFan" data-source="post: 669213" data-attributes="member: 70871">in theory yes. It sounds great. Players&#039; welfare is a nice tune.in practise no. The Devil is in the details.Because 1. it&#039;s hard to implement the Agreement in practise as Laporte &amp; Guirado recently pointed out, and as many more will soon find out.2. It&#039;s highly likely that some clubs will ignore the Agreement to protect and/or save their season when it come to shove and push later in the season. Sorry if a club has to chose btw survival in the elite by fielding its strongest side for every game, and adherence to some ****ed up Agreement that has been a thorn in their side all season, what do you think they&#039;ll choose? we&#039;ll get the answers in a few months....There&#039;s also a long term risk to our rugby. If the Agreement is not rescinded after the WC. What will the big providers like Toulouse resort to bypass the Agreement and avoid another season of misery? they will hire more foreigners to cover for les Doublons. Problem solved. And we will get more foreigners in the league. Not good.This is why i argue that the Agreement will, ironically, backfire on les Bleus in the end.&nbsp; Never mind the fact that it doesn&#039;t even address the issues that have plagued in the last 3 years. I have discussed this with JM Rancoule here who is in charge of recruitment. He said the club would be forced to hire more foreigners if the Agreement isn&#039;t scraped after 2015. French internationals will become a liability as the club pay them full time but they can only play a limited number of games. Much easier to hire foreigners as the Agreement doesn&#039;t apply to them.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="FrenchFan, post: 669213, member: 70871"] in theory [B]yes[/B]. It sounds great. Players' welfare is a nice tune. in practise [B]no[/B]. The Devil is in the details. Because 1. it's hard to implement the Agreement in practise as Laporte & Guirado recently pointed out, and as many more will soon find out. 2. It's highly likely that some clubs will ignore the Agreement to protect and/or save their season when it come to shove and push later in the season. Sorry if a club has to chose btw survival in the elite by fielding its strongest side for every game, and adherence to some ****ed up Agreement that has been a thorn in their side all season, what do you think they'll choose? we'll get the answers in a few months.... [I]There's also a long term risk to our rugby[/I]. If the Agreement is not rescinded after the WC. What will the big providers like Toulouse resort to bypass the Agreement and avoid another season of misery? they will hire more foreigners to cover for les Doublons. Problem solved. And we will get more foreigners in the league. Not good. This is why i argue that the Agreement will, ironically, backfire on les Bleus in the end. Never mind the fact that it doesn't even address the issues that have plagued in the last 3 years. I have discussed this with JM Rancoule here who is in charge of recruitment. [I]He said the club would be forced to hire more foreigners if the Agreement isn't scraped after 2015[/I]. French internationals will become a liability as the club pay them full time but they can only play a limited number of games. Much easier to hire foreigners as the Agreement doesn't apply to them. [/QUOTE]

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