Quote ="El Diablo"For me, central contracts only have any relevance when international games coincide with domestic games, which happens so rarely at the moment as to hardly be worth thinking about. If it were to happen more, with a full international calendar, I could see the point. I don't think there would be enough interest (or competition) in home nations internationals to make that worthwhile at present.'"
Alternatively it is a way of keeping players who may be enticed by more money in another sport or the same sport in a different country. Neither of these is not particularly relevant at the moment.