anon#521517
If a player is not in the top 9 or 10 as a top age player, then realistically, they aren't a part of the elite level pathway. The number of spots in Premier League, Div 2 men and YL1 are limited to perhaps 25 total per club. But each club has 9/10 player from Div 1 coming out each year. And realistically there is only room for 2 or 3 of them. So any player in that situation is actually following the correct pathway into YL2 etc.
If you are arguing double div 1 teams, I will agree in principle. The competition would be much better if teams were graded according to ability in order to make sure that each player plays at their ideal level.
However, this would only create a situation where again at senior level not all players can fit into the elite pathway anyway, cause of a lack of positions.