On the evening of October 30, just as Monday Night Football was getting ready to kick off, the San Francisco 49ers and New England Patriots were finalizing a deal to send prized backup quarterback, Jimmy Garoppolo, to the Niners in exchange for what will be a high second-round draft pick in the 2018 Draft.
The headline above is not to mislead you into thinking that the Patriots got screwed, though. This trade was really a win-win for both organizations. New England feels like they can ride it out for a few more years with Tom Brady playing at a high level, and they were going to have to pay Garoppolo an elite starter’s salary for continuing to be a backup after this season. Maybe Brady and Belichick retire together in a couple years, so why not go all in right now if in 3 years it’s not going to matter to you who the next starting quarterback is.
San Francisco finds themselves at the bottom of the NFL standings once again, so that second-round pick will be one of the first picks off the board on Day 2 of the draft…a coveted spot for NFL teams, and one that will give New England the flexibility to move up or down in the draft if they so choose. They also send “Jimmy G” clear across the country and into the NFC, so he can’t haunt their future playoff hopes.
As for the 49ers, they just acquired a potential franchise quarterback for the next 10 years if it works out. And if you think about it, they really didn’t give up anything to do so. As I mentioned above, they will no doubt have a top pick next April. When you combine the fact that nearly half the league could be looking for new quarterbacks in 2018 with the notion that several of the top college prospects off the board are expected to be quarterbacks, that allows GM John Lynch a variety of options.
Garoppolo has the rest of the 2017 season to show that he can play the part of the franchise quarterback that they so desperately need. If he does, and the Niners can get a long-term contract worked out with him, then Lynch can use that top pick to trade down, even one or two spots, and no doubt receive a bounty of picks in return. If any team knows about this, it’s San Francisco. As it was just last spring that they received 3 draft picks from the Chicago Bears (to draft QB Mitchell Trubisky), just to move down one spot… and they still got the player they wanted.
The 49ers could easily reacquire that second-round pick that they gave up to get Garoppolo, and more, as teams trip over themselves to move up into the top of the draft in hopes of landing one of those much sought-after QB’s. Another brilliant job by John Lynch in his first year as General Manager.
1) Freedom of Movement: In accordance with four fundamentals of freedom by the EU, it is the right of the citizens to move freely among the member states for the purpose of employment. Now as Britain has left EU, it will not at all be easy for the EU nationals to enter the UK. This kind of restriction on citizens will clearly impact the citizens to work, especially those who play football. These football players will not be able to work with the UK football clubs that easily as it was before Brexit. Unless the UK government gets into some agreement with an individual member state of EU considering “Freedom of Movement”, the EU citizens have to face uncertainty. Such an uncertainty among the players is going to have a bad impact on their game and career. It was because of Freedom of Moment only that these players were able to work for various clubs of EU without any work permit. After Brexit, things are never going to be the same. The players have to get a work visa to work with football clubs in the UK and it won’t be that easy.
2) Work Permit: The second major impact which Brexit may create for the English football players is the requirement of a work permit to enter and work in the UK. The players who were working with various football clubs in the UK without any Visa issues will now have to obtain work permit before entering the UK. The complex part is that there is a set criterion to have a work permit. Similar issues will be faced by non-EU players, who will apply to FA for a governing body endorsement before a work permit can be issued to them by their Home office. Considering this impact, the Premier League clubs have urged Britain’s government to find out some protective measures from being impacted by Brexit. They want the UK government to provide an exemption of work visa to the footballers so that they can freely play for their respective clubs in Britain. Otherwise, it will be difficult for the football clubs in the UK to hire the players from Europe. Therefore, it is extremely necessary for Britain to preserve its 44-year relationship with EU.
3) Devaluation of Currency: Since June 2016, when Brexit was proposed, the value of British Pound is certainly decreasing against Dollar. This devaluation of the UK’s currency is definitely going to affect the life of football players who are playing for the UK football clubs as they will earn less in comparison to post Brixit earnings. Moreover, it will be easy for Non the UK clubs to pick football players easily from the UK as they will have to pay less salary to those players who understand pounds. Moreover, this devaluation of the UK’s currency will remain uncertain unless there are some bilateral agreements signed between the two parties, the UK and other left members of EU. Therefore, this downfall of a pound is surely going to affect the lives of footballers playing in Premier League. They may have to face financial losses and many other changes in their life. For few of them, it can also be tough to continue their career as a footballer which can be a big issue for them to resolve.
4) The tension between the FA and the Premier League: Due to Brexit, there is a sense of uncertainty surrounding the potential implications of football law. Those who are leading the football clubs in the UK are also tensed and uncertain about how they are doing to operate after Brexit. According to the record charts of Premier League, the highest percentage of goals scored by EU nationals in the Premier League is of Chelsea and it’s 76 percent. That means the Blues will suffer the most post Brexit. Moreover, 74 percent of the players from Chelsea are either an EU national or they hold a second EU nationality. It will become extremely tough for Chelsea to easily operate because of Brexit. As per the football authorities in the UK, there can be restrictions on Bosman transfers, which will restrict the UK clubs to hire EU players to play for their club in Premier League. Even FA is planning to create some new opportunities for the young players of England, who want to play in England. Whereas, the Premier League clubs are focusing on their player squads to face and survive the upcoming competitions.
5) GBE: It stands for “Governing body endorsement”. According to FA’s work permit criteria, now the Non-EU/EEA footballers will have to receive GBE from their respective sports governing body to get a work visa and play for the respective clubs. Those players who have participated in the minimum percentage of senior competitive international matches for their national teams in two years duration before they have applied for a work visa, do qualify for GBE. In case any player doesn’t qualify for GBE, then that player will be evaluated on points based system. These points are given on the basis of the amount of transfer fee paid by that player and the basic salary offered to the player as compared to other players in a league. These points are also awarded on the basis of that player’s performance while playing for his previous club. At the end, the player who qualifies for this points based system gets the visa and those players who cannot qualify, they do not get a work permit for play for respective football clubs.
Length of Issue of GBE:
Governing Body Endorsements should be issued for a period appropriate to the period of
approval for sponsorship or the tier under which the application is being made, that is: As a Sponsor – Tier 2 or Tier 5 – for 4 years.
Migrant Tier 2 Sport
Initial application – length of contract or up to three years maximum, whichever is the shorter period.
Extension application – length of contract or up to two years maximum, whichever is the shorter period.
Migrant Tier 5 sporting – length of contract or up to 12 months, whichever is the shorter period. No in-country extensions are possible.
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