Interesting night at SFL junior AGM with Flagstaff Hill proposing a under 16s and under 21s competition for next year. The proposal was formal and the club received it today and was brought up at the AGM for what appeared to be the first time. The main talking point was that now the under 18s is now under 17.5, that players that are 17.5 or older will not continue playing football in the league or maybe even give the game away all together. The under 21s comp would provide a comp for these players to play in until 21.

Smaller clubs wouldn't have an under 21s team given the struggle to sometimes just field a B grade team. This proposal is definitely designed for probably 3-4 clubs to retain players and stop them from going to other teams or leagues.

The league seemed to be in favour of the idea , from what I could tell from the way they were talking. It obviously makes financial sense for them as they will possibly retain more players in the league and gives them more funds for those players staying.

Obviously there is a lot to consider with this proposal but still I'd like to hear what people are thinking.