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Originally Posted by Ninjaman  I thought English counties did get less money for fielding Kolpal players. |
Sort of... the ECB dishes out money based on the average number of England-qualified players each side puts out over the season, was my understanding of it. I might be mistaken, but I also think that there is a bonus for putting out players under the age of 23.
As for the suggestion in flanflinger's original post, there are good and bad points to it. I do feel it's a good idea to offer some sort of incentive to sides churning out England players, but there is a problem. Think of an unfashionable county that doesn't often get England to select their players; i.e. Derbyshire. While they're desperately trying to contribute to England's international success, the other, larger, more fashionable counties get paid for contributing, leaving a larger gulf in bank balances between the two ends of the spectrum.
So, by all means encourage England player development, but not at the cost of leaving smaller clubs that can't/haven't the resources to do so straight away to rot, so to speak.