Scudamore shoots down quota idea

English Premier League leader Richard Scudamore has come out against quotas, saying that anyone who believes it would benefit the national team would be wrong.

Scudamore also warned FIFA president Sepp Blatter, who has been pushing for quotas, that he should not push for something that is against EU policy.

Blatter had said that the use of too many internationals was setting back the national team.

"You can get yourself into difficult jingoistic, nationalistic, almost racist debates about who can and cannot play for your country," Scudamore told the BBC. "If the law of the land says you are nationally qualified, then you are nationally qualified, no matter what Mr. Blatter says."

Scudamore said it was his league's duty to put the best talent in the stadium, regardless of where the talent originated.

"Nobody is more disappointed about missing out on EURO 2008 than me, but if you look at the first team, we think that player for player they are good enough," Scudamore said of the national team. "And we are producing a sufficient number of players for England."

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