the homegrown rule won't work. it's against the law to cap players from the EU and EPL clubs scout out foreign players when they're teenagers so they count as homegrown.
the question is, does it matter? Ramsey and Bale came through the english youth system in a way that's indistinguishable from an english player, yuo chuck them in your national team. ok, you're maybe a CB and GK short of being sorted, but you're all of sudden imo potential world cup winners. it's just a bit unlucky more than a fatal flaw in the system. still, if you want to cut the premierships foreign draw wage caps is the only way of doing it.
the loan idea though is good if it can be implemented. the only thing I would dispute there is the football on the cirriculum thing. why the hell should it be on the cirriculum? it's not the be all and end all and quite a lot of people don't give a toss about it. it should be better offered to kids though with trained coaches.
incidently, here was my idea. I wondered if the FA should take control of the youth coaching, why can't they organise teams and leagues in the UK themselves? why does it have to be boys brigade football teams and local parents who are passionate, and then professional clubs taking over after trials? the thing about england is, it's got a unique problem, there is so much money in the EPL it's flooded with foreign players. however, the volume of money on hand means they could afford to play around with unique solutions. set up their own leagues, employ the coaches for them, hell, then hold drafts or something like in america where the bottom team gets the first pick or just draft them to championship. (don't see any reason to give the big clubs another helping hand with youth development when they already hold all the aces) wouldn't it be handy if the FA had the final say on where a hugely promising 17 year old signed his first 4 year contract? massive amount of work to implement, but why not?
