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Message: [QUOTE="Big Pete, post: 2810799, member: 1899"] That was certainly apart of it. Originally what inspired the discussion was the concerns about player welfare and how there should be an age restriction in the NRL. I believe Gus was a big proponent of it, and the idea was that you'd have the best junior talent face one another and once they grew into their bodies, they'd be able to handle the rigors of first grade training and the weekly grind of the NRL. The NRL took that idea, but missed the point entirely and created an expense that none of the clubs were happy about. The NYC has been costing clubs millions and at the end of the day it hasn't produced anymore stars than the old system did. The only benefit was that clubs like the Warriors and North Queensland had some development pathways to retain some of the talent that either had to leave to get noticed or would simply play the other code. I believe the likes of Hurrell, Tuivasa-Sheck and Asofa-Solomona were all swayed by the existence of a 20s competition. Personally I thought the 20s was a good idea, that was let down by pure neglect. It was obvious early on they needed to tinker with it, make it an Under 21s, try to improve the coverage etc. but the NRL just let it fester and really nobody is going to remember the competition in five year's time. [/QUOTE]

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