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Message: [QUOTE="Big Pete, post: 3343008, member: 1899"] If V'landys had have made good on his national reserve grade feelings this wouldn't be a big issue but it's getting too long in the tooth to organise right now. I think you're right that the government will be lenient on those competitions but the NRL has to work with them to ensure the players do the right thing and make themselves available. My thoughts are more in-line with a proper quarantine protocols and testing to ensure that talent can be called up as quickly as possible. I know in the NFL they're allowing players to return after catching COVID if they return two negatives in 24 hour intervals. I'm probably selling snow to the Eskimos here, but I get the feeling that the NRL is only concerned about meeting their TV rights obligations when they have a serious issue on their hands in regards to talent. I think they need to support the lower grades the best they can because I can see a lot of players taking a gap year if they're not being looked after. I forgot to ask, but how many players would be in an extended squad? I believe teams already had 40+ players in their squad back in 2020 and in 2021 teams could select players outside of their Top 30 and Development squad after Round 11. [/QUOTE]

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