An idea that may help with the loans issue and fat wages for sitting in the stands.

Players not currently getting minutes in the Premiership include various talents who would be great to see in the Championship - imagine the likes of Yossi Benayoun, Adam Johnson, Robbie Keane, Carlos Vela and Yuri Zhirkov. Jermaine Jenas anyone? There must be more, former ITFC favourite Kieron Dyer even?

What if FA affiliated players had to complete a certain amount of minutes in FA accredited fixtures every season to keep their licence to play? A bit like the permits for players outside the EU or a pilot's licence.

Say 450 minutes? (A mere five games). If a player did not complete the 450 minutes either for their club or on loan he would be unavailable for the club the following season. They would be able to sell him or loan him out until he completed a set amount of minutes (say 900- 12 games- roughly three months loan) at another club before being available for his parent club again.

There would, of course, need to be concessions - goalkeepers being a great example - they would need to be exempted - or at least one of them at each club.

If a player was registered as 'long-term injured' his time out could reduce the amount of minutes he was obliged to play proportionate to the length of injury.

To unregister a 'long-term' injured player that had been listed as such and make them available again should take a minimum of 14 or perhaps even 21 days in order to combat abuse of the system.

Or would that contravene players' human rights in some way?

Would it have negative/positive contract ramifications? Increase or decrease player/agent power? Any thoughts?

tractored added 18:18 - Feb 27 This is so stupid its not worth an answer.
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tom_the_blue added 20:42 - Feb 27 I think this is a decent idea, though the FA are too lazy and useless to ever impliment something like this. I'm not too sure how well this this would work if it was introduced, as I'm sure premiership clubs would be strongly against it. It would be a good way to combat high wages for players who are not even played, and perhaps encourage more young english players to break into premier league first teams, as teams would no longer splash out big money on a player to be a back-up.

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dirtydingusmagee added 21:05 - Feb 27 i just wish theyed scrap the'' windows ''
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Cheltenham_Blue added 08:27 - Feb 28 Would result in clubs loaning players out for 450 minutes.
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8ashblue added 11:16 - Feb 28 i'm all in favour of simplifying the loans system but not sure this will be workable. Firstly, i'd ban all loans to clubs in same division as this cant be fair. For example Drogba is loaned to say Spurs and then scores loads of goals but of course cant play against Chelsea. Therefore Chelsea will be at an advantage over all other clubs who but for Drogba could have beaten spurs! Secondly, there should only be loans at the transfer windows as i think its wrong that teams can continue to strengthen their squadsthroughout the season. As for players sitting on their backsides but getting paid, clubs need to change the way they issue contracts and introduce playing/win bonuses in order to get the higher level of pay. At least as supporters we'd feel better that players only get paid a basic salary and have an incentive to win. There're too many players getting paid regardless of their efforts and the success of the club. Sadly it wont happen unless the bigger clubs go bust. And one other issue, all clubs must pay their tax/ni every month to HMRC maybe then clubs will pay players what they can afford!!

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ITFCOYB added 11:22 - Feb 28 Oh dear, i suspect tractored is being bullied on the forum again. Cheer up, matey- and if you really think something is too silly to warrant a comment from you, then do be a good chap and desist from making one. I think the other points are perfectly valid- the idea is not a researched and thought-through proposal, just something that occured to me as a possible solution to a lack of availability and pitch time for some very talented players. Perhaps different criteria could make it more workable, or perhaps there is a reason that it would be as stupid as tractored suggests but declined to enlighten us about. Needless to say I'll not be proposing it to the FA any time soon!

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emergencylime added 11:30 - Feb 28 450 minutes is similar to or maybe slightly more than the month-long loans out there at the moment. It is a decent enough proposal on paper, but the long-drawn out affair with "home grown" player quotas has probably put paid to any other development-intensive ideas which put more work on those slavedriven FA workers...
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Plums added 18:34 - Feb 28 Loans should be abolished. They are distorting all of the leagues and restricting clubs lower down the pyramid from investing in their own talent.
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Kropotkin123 added 08:22 - Mar 2 What a rubbish idea. Can you imagine some massive ego being forced to come down a play for a championship club? Or if team went down, because a premier league team needed to fill their quota? What if teams don't want some of the poorer PL players? How the hell would you inforce it? eg, he was planning on playing X in the last few games, but we got dragged into a relegation battle, and i didn't want to play him... there are tons of reasons why this is a bad idea.

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Solly added 10:30 - Mar 2 'Yossi Benayoun, Adam Johnson, Robbie Keane, Carlos Vela and Yuri Zhirkov. Jermaine Jenas anyone?' Benayoun- Long term injury. Adam Johnson- Long term injury. Robbie Keane- West Ham. Carlos Vela- West Brom. Yuri Zhirkov- Do me a favour. Jermaine Jenas- Long term injury.
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