I think you can answer that question by asking yourself a few others. How many foreign players have been given the opportunity to trial for aleague clubs, and found to be unsuitable? How many foreign players have gained contracts and been sent packing after a short period? If an aleague club scout spotted young foreign players with potential and wanted to trial them, would there be a problem with FFA consent?
My won question is, why would they want to prevent foreign players from playing in and improving the quality of any of the state leagues and where's is the relevance to the aleague?
