the player you cited BW is APFA
his Dad works for Mainland as well.
the 3 clubs in 6 weeks is most likely down to Christs and Bays getting the 2012 transfer clearance wrong. However if you can only play for 2 sides in one year then he would surely be ineligible for Nike 2014 as Nomads is last cab off the rank for him.
I'm not sure if that is very fair on a 14 year old and he'd make any sides Nike squad IMO.
re: poaching BW, If I look at the Rep Coaches for 2013 S.I. Tournament I will be able to see who you are talking about specific to Nike age players?
That could well be something that has to be looked at Foal, I agree there... Would be nice to know all the additional players Nomads have signed purely for the Nike Cup (I'm not aiming this at you, other posters seem to dodge that part of the question).
I did put 'poaching' rather than poaching out right, as more of an alledgement rather than something that can actually be proved.... It did just seem convenient that after playing for representative teams last season they were all set to sign for the team in which their coach from that came from......
One player in question actually went as far as registering for their 'new club' before deciding against it. The 'new club' then tried to put the transfer through still even though the player informed them he would not be making the move.
Maybe a year in the life of Mainland Football could be made into a great tv documentary :)