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<blockquote data-quote="TRF_heineken" data-source="post: 588256" data-attributes="member: 40658">Here is a question then:If SARU restructured their contracts and policies, with a salary to Bok-players, would they stay or would they still go abroad?This whole debate, IMHO, either way we slice it, it&#039;s to the detriment of the players, and to the Springbok jersey.&nbsp; There isn&#039;t a winner in this debate.If they stay, they are Springboks, who don&#039;t earn as much money as they could, and being a professional sports star, you always want a proper incentive for playing so well and putting your body on the line.If they go, they get the incentive they want, but can&#039;t represent their country at the World Cup, which is the biggest showpiece for our Sport.&nbsp; This could bring in the situation that the players will go abroad for 3 years, make a ton of money, and then come back the year of the World Cup only to be eligible to play.&nbsp; Now this is all good and dandy, but then what about the guys that stayed and played the last 3 years, even though they are &quot;Springboks&quot;, they aren&#039;t as good as the superstar that went abroad and is now back, and probably in better form than the local lad.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="TRF_heineken, post: 588256, member: 40658"] Here is a question then: If SARU restructured their contracts and policies, with a salary to Bok-players, would they stay or would they still go abroad? This whole debate, IMHO, either way we slice it, it's to the detriment of the players, and to the Springbok jersey. There isn't a winner in this debate. If they stay, they are Springboks, who don't earn as much money as they could, and being a professional sports star, you always want a proper incentive for playing so well and putting your body on the line. If they go, they get the incentive they want, but can't represent their country at the World Cup, which is the biggest showpiece for our Sport. This could bring in the situation that the players will go abroad for 3 years, make a ton of money, and then come back the year of the World Cup only to be eligible to play. Now this is all good and dandy, but then what about the guys that stayed and played the last 3 years, even though they are "Springboks", they aren't as good as the superstar that went abroad and is now back, and probably in better form than the local lad. [/QUOTE]

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