No to mamy wreszcie jakieś oficjalne stanowisko - BB-Mark:
Hi all,
I've read through all these posts, and I wanted to come in here with our official answer.
The basic premise is that these are supposed to be two separate teams for the community to follow. Of course there will sometimes be players that are desirable to both teams -- that's part of the fun. The NT and U21 coaches are supposed to communicate with one another to find out who gets whom, and that's why a first-come, first-served basis is ok.
Yes, you'll need to go deeper into your rosters to find the best players to fill both teams. That's not a bad thing -- more people in the community will feel included in there, and the DIV2 and DIV3 teams will have a better shot at getting a (young) player on the national team. That's part of the goal of the U21 system. This will also give weaker teams something to shoot for, since they will be able to make it further by focusing on only one team, if that's the way the coaches want to take it.
All things said and done, we've announced a junior national team, and we're not going to change the way it works just for a season or two just for the benefit of the regular NT. We've already announced it and have told people about it, and it would be confusing to the users in general if we changed it, and I really don't think it would add much.
I'm pretty surprised that the large countries are the strongest arguers in favor of making it a U20 team for this season, given how much sheer talent they have in their backups and reserves. I'm surprised further, since many of thees coaches were the ones who asked for a U21 team in the first place.
The U21 system is supposed to add another dimension to the NT system, and we think it does that. After having heard all your comments about it, we've decided that it's best to keep it as a U21 team.
I know this isn't the answer many of you were hoping for, but it's the one we feel is the best for the game, all things considered.
Good luck to all of you in the upcoming weeks!