Cat 3 makes it harder to recruit, it also entails less coaching time and you're not competing against good quality academy and players, lowers the amount of compensatio
Some interesting points from Huddlesfield on it
http://mobile.htafc.com//news/article/academy-news-eppp-category-2-759941.aspx
Some more info here.
For example
11 year old cat 2: 260 hours coaching per annum v 150 coaching hours a week (cat 3)
15/16 year old: 624 hours coaching (cat 2) vs 312 coaching hours (cat 3)
By the time a player gets to 17 a ccat 2 academy player will have significantly more coaching hours and therefore more likely to have better technique, etc so more consistently produce decent youngsters.
https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&s...ggjMAM&usg=AFQjCNFrtQlnt-Cis3WpM3F3qZMyAU_lKw
10 players from the academy made first team appearances this season, we've sold £8m worth of academy players in tbr last 5 years, it more than pays for itself in sales and savings in wage bill.
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