What Are the Benefits of FIFA's 6 + 5 Ruling?

The latest trend in EPL is that teams are splashing money to buy young kids under 17 years old, by which Arsenal, Liverpool and Chelsea are extremely active on doing that.

Pros for landing these young kids is that they will eventually be considered as "original home-grown player" player of their current club should they sign their first full-time contract and play for two consecutive seasons for the same club afterwards.

This helps clubs to comply with UEFA's existing requirement of eight "home-grown" players (including at least four "original home-grown" players and another four "home-grown" players trained by other clubs in the same nation).

An example is Cesc Fabregas. We all know he is originally a young starlet in Barcelona, but he is now categorized as an "original home-grown" player of Arsenal by UEFA. We will see more of this should the 6+5 ruling pass.

It results as much less players are playing overseas because clubs need to retain their service. Once the equilibrium was reached (which should not last too long), everything is back to normal, but certainly clubs will invest more on youth system.

Its a big If, I personally cannot see it coming into force, don't think it would work, plus according to the EU, it's illegal anyway.

But should it happen, the Youth Teams would be used to bring players through to the first team, as it should really be done. Arsenal have a very good youth team (came in first last season), they also have excellent academies dotted around the SE, with the stars of the future. So really, yes it could happen that way, without much problem.

The "6+5 ruling," as well as risking alienating UEFA, was dealt a blow on May 8 when the European Parliament voted against the proposals.

EU lawmakers rejected the plan by 518 votes to 49. (Reuters)

I also feel that due to English teams' recent successes in Europe, the squad nationalities have been under the microscope.