Teams when adhering to this rule will end up on occasion having to search for talent in places where it simply does not exist.
Sides that are lucky enough to have a group of 'natives' who play in the first team and are world-class players are going to find now that it is even easier for them to win (Manchester United, Chelsea).
Teams that in some cases have to rely on foreign talent to keep up will be penalised because they cannot field players week in week out who might have challenged these sides for a smaller salary than the 'natives' would expect in their home country.
Regardless of what they do football will continue to develop, because people love football. There is no need for FIFA to start messing around with the game in such a way.
The whole thing seems rather to be a desperate attempt at ankle-tapping the club sides who enjoy more prestige than most national sides. The most ridiculous thing of all is that the less-than-elite clubs that suffer. The elite clubs will just buy up the localised talent in such away that the leagues are even more mismatched than they are now.
I suppose we have to see how it pans out in the next few months and years. Hopefully, it does not end up being as stupid as it sounds.
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