Talking Footy

King-Eliagh wrote:

Xman, I'm awaiting my BS challenge to be taken to the BS files. TLPG has some explaining to do and this isnt the appropriate place for him to do it.

214Four wrote:

TLPG wrote:

justanotherleaguefan wrote:

Have you been through this you knob. They are all australian's

Every single person who plays in the International Cup is NOT Australian!

Player Eligibilty for AFL International Cup
Posted by AFLTL on May 29, 2011 at 9:20 PM
PLAYER ELIGIBILTY IC11
8. TEAM COMPOSITION
8.1 Squad
Each Team participating in the event shall provide to the AFL no later than July 25, the “Certification of Eligibility” Form (Appendix (AII)) listing players and providing:-
(a) the playing number allocated to each Player within the squad;
(b) the date of birth, height and weight of each Player;
(c) the local club of each Player;
(d) the names of the Coach and Team Manager;
(e) the names of the Captain and Vice Captain, and
(f) certification that all selected Players meet the eligibility requirements and have signed a participation form.
8.2 Eligibility
(a) A Player is eligible for selection by a League if:
(i) the Player was predominantly resident in the country of the League between 10 and 16 years of age, subject to the qualification in sub-clause 8.2(b); This does not apply for the women’s division for the 2011 International Cup (sub clauses 8.2 (a) & (b) do still apply)
(ii) the Player is a citizen of the country of the League at the time when the Competition is conducted, subject to the qualification in sub-clause 8.2(b); and
(iii) the Player is not under suspension in that Player’s local competition during the period of the Competition.
(iv) The player is included in the squad provided under Regulation 8.1.
(b) The AFL may, on a case by case basis, waive the eligibility requirements contained in sub-clause 8.2(a) and (b) if it is satisfied that a Player is a bona fide resident in the country of the League and his participation would be in the best interests of the Competition. Submissions in this regard must be made by lodging the Player Eligibility form attached as Appendix II before the commencement of the Competition.
8.3 Final Team Selection
(a) Each team shall provide to the Competition Manager a final list of players no later than the commencement time of the Team Managers meeting preceding the event.
(b) A player not listed in the squad provided in accordance with Regulation 8.1 shall be ineligible to participate.

These rules tell otherwise, 8.2(a)(ii) states a player only need to have citizenship of a country to be eligible... Theres alot of austrlians with dual citizenship of their parents homeland....
i admit that looking over those rules its seems the AFL has made more an attempt to put down rules on the eligibility of players for the International CUP but as it shows those rules dont mean much when The AFL can Still override all these if they believe it will benefit the competition.. so in other words the AFL will allow an australian born player to represent another country if they think it will strengthen up the competition which is the opposite of what you said. they used the term 'Bona-fide' because it basically means a vague reference without any real legal backing (said in good will)

TLPG wrote:

That clause has NEVER been activated. I stand by my statement.

Xman wrote:

I've got to say I think the proposed bs file claim is ridiculous! Imagine trying to prove something has never happened!

If you have information to the contrary KE just present it and TLPG can challenge that.