First, if teams reserve some positions for the national players, they will not be as competitive as they could be. In effect, this would mean that the teams will not be able to have the best players they could simply because a percentage of the positions is for domestic players, who are not necessarily the best. This could cause sports leagues to lose prestige and money. The Italian league’s case illustrates this point. It permitted only two foreigners in each team as a measure to give more …show more content…
The real solution to improve the quality of domestic players is to invest more money in the sports academies so that the teams will not need to look abroad for the best players. Most of the local federations fail to acknowledge this or maybe they are unwilling to implement this solution because it requires more money and logistics. One exception is Spain. The Spanish Soccer Federation invested much money in soccer schools, and it was worth. In 2010 it won the Soccer World Cup. A deserved reward.
Limiting the number of foreign players is not a convenient policy. In terms of open market, it is as bad as restricting corn, wheat, or meat from foreign countries. It is well established that sports are a business, one of the most profitable, and as such, it benefits from free trade policies as much as any other industry. Consequently, reserving a number of places for domestic players just because they are domestic is not an economically advisable policy. Experts agree that the success of the England’s Soccer League is because there is no limit on the numbers of foreign players. Other leagues should imitate