06-08-2012, 03:45 PM
Probably best to clarify where I stand. I am against grading limits/barriers whichever you choose to call them. I think the board of selectors have an important job to do and a common sense approach is more important than fixing rigid guidelines. A couple of (thinly disguised) examples...
Player X is the best player by 200+ points in his agegroup, is recognised by all to be one of the best young talents in Scotland but falls 70 points short of the "grading limit" for Euroyouth etc.
Player Y is a rapidly improving younger junior that is still progressing at a dramatic pace. His grade though is only around 1000 but he is achieving 14-1500 performances and is on a very steep learning curve.
It is the selectors job to apply common sense to these examples. It would be wrong in my opinion to be tied down to grade,
Robin.
Player X is the best player by 200+ points in his agegroup, is recognised by all to be one of the best young talents in Scotland but falls 70 points short of the "grading limit" for Euroyouth etc.
Player Y is a rapidly improving younger junior that is still progressing at a dramatic pace. His grade though is only around 1000 but he is achieving 14-1500 performances and is on a very steep learning curve.
It is the selectors job to apply common sense to these examples. It would be wrong in my opinion to be tied down to grade,
Robin.