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the answer is what the UAAP is doing , no special treatment ( salary cap and long term resident required) to play as import. You cannot be offering imports short mercenary contracts at 3 times the amount per month of locals, they should just be paid like the best locals per year and required to play full season in the league . Not 2 -3 months , like asking batman to bring you to the promise land .. (for $$$$)
And in the UAAP, locals can be top scorers for their teams, like Schonny, Carl, Dave. Imports/FSAs usually aren't big scorers like Kouame and Diouf (yeah, they won MVP, but they weren't exactly go-to guys; Diouf wasn't much of a big minutes player), although Ben Mbala has been a go-to guy for La Salle, same with Bright Akhuetie for UP, and Soulemane Chabi Yo for UST.
In the PBA, how can you get teams to settle with role-player imports? Because low-level star imports or role player imports are the best they can get if they have the same pay as our best locals. Note lang that I'd also like our conception of imports as a go-to scorer or 34+ minute guy to change, to give locals a chance and for the import to simply fill what's lacking in the team. Scoring if the team lacks consistent go-to scorers like RoS.