Retromaniac Posted August 30, 2004 Share Posted August 30, 2004 This is just an idea, but what about a new rule that says you have to play for the country of your birth?(hides in cave with boulder blocking entrance) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WJMorris3 Posted August 30, 2004 Share Posted August 30, 2004 Well, so much for Tim Duncan being on the Dream Team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hubsportsfan17 Posted August 30, 2004 Share Posted August 30, 2004 removed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJTank Posted August 31, 2004 Share Posted August 31, 2004 Yeah if you a citizen thats what country you belong too. www.sportsecyclopedia.com For the best in sports history go to the Sports E-Cyclopedia at http://www.sportsecyclopedia.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winters in buffalo Posted August 31, 2004 Share Posted August 31, 2004 what if your country no longer exists, or splits into 2, or more? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slapshot Posted August 31, 2004 Share Posted August 31, 2004 then wherever your hometown resides, that's what country you are a citizen of (boy that's bad grammar) Back-to-Back Fatal Forty Champion 2015 & 2016 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmr Posted August 31, 2004 Share Posted August 31, 2004 A novel idea, just not really plausible or practical, here is why:Based on the wording of your idea any child born overseas to servicemen overseas would be olympic athletes of the country of birth, not athletes of parents ethnicity (this scenario would also applied to any children of dignitaries/ambassadors born overseas) Remeber not all embassies and military instillations are considered soverign (sp?) soil. (Most children born to US servicemen in European are given dual citizenship until 18)What if someone is born in international waters? (Yea, kinda dumb just had to throw it in there) (Cruise ship?)What if someone is born in a country while parents are under the status of refugee or under political asylum? (Think immigratis to Iran, Quatar, US and Canada)What if the athletes country of birth is non longer soverign by the time they participate in the olympics? ( Yugoslavia, Checsolvakia (sp?) Checynia (sp?) )What if the athlete was born in a controlled territory that is now soverign? does the athlete play for the "new" country which contains his/her birth place? or does the athlete play for the country that occupied his/her birth place at time of birth? (Slovenia, Croatia, Cech Republic, Yugoslavia (the new one), Ukraine, Germany (unified) etc)Also, begs the question what country does a taiwainese athlete compete for?dmr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slapshot Posted August 31, 2004 Share Posted August 31, 2004 I think if someone is born in International Waters, their country of citizenship might be the nation of the ship's registry.Children born to military parents hold dual citizenship, as far as I know.A Taiwanese athlete competes for Chinese Taipei. Back-to-Back Fatal Forty Champion 2015 & 2016 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pcgd Posted August 31, 2004 Share Posted August 31, 2004 Military births over seas are full fledged U.S. Citizens. Military bases are in a way U.S. owned.At least this is what I've heard.The one that irks me is the woman in SI this week. about 2 months ago, she Didn't know who she was competing for, ended up with an african country, and has only BEEN in the country for 2 weeks total. Hmmm... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CC97 Posted August 31, 2004 Share Posted August 31, 2004 What if you were born while the family was on vacation?Btw, if this rule applied USA would lose Brett Hull and Adam Deadmarsh, and Canada would lose Owen Nolan and Dany Heatley (and pretty much all of our track and field medals) --- Chris Creamer Founder/Editor, SportsLogos.Net "The Mothership" • News • Facebook • X/Twitter • Instagram Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saintsfan Posted August 31, 2004 Share Posted August 31, 2004 Wow, so what immigration isn't allowed any more? What nonsense! Fair enough do something to stop countries 'buying' people from other countries, but plenty of people move for perfectly reasonable reasons, political or otherwise. My grandmother was born in China (Her father was a missionary) My grandfather was born in South Africa, but moved back to Britain when his mother returned to the UK after splitting from her husband. Would both of those have been forced to represent countries they had no real emotional tie to! 2011/12 WFL Champions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjrbaseball Posted August 31, 2004 Share Posted August 31, 2004 Example: Martina Navratilova competed for the U.S.A. in tennis doubles last week in Athens. She has been an American citizen for decades. Should she have been required to play for the Czech Republic instead? (Since her birth country of Czechoslovakia has divided.) How would that be logical? She is as American as anyone born here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmered Posted August 31, 2004 Share Posted August 31, 2004 We lived in Canada for 2 years, and had a little boy there.He's half Canadian, and cheers for them, but he's lived there 3 months.He has an Aussie accent, passport (he has both) and lifestyle.Should he represent Canada? Oh, and I've got a site.Footy Jumpers Dot Com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jkrdevil Posted August 31, 2004 Share Posted August 31, 2004 Military births over seas are full fledged U.S. Citizens. Military bases are in a way U.S. owned.At least this is what I've heard.Yes, they are full citizens and are considered born in the US (So, they would be able to run for president). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retromaniac Posted August 31, 2004 Author Share Posted August 31, 2004 I went on about this for a while prior to posting this, and I agree with you. This is not sensible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrodsep Posted August 31, 2004 Share Posted August 31, 2004 I went on about this for a while prior to posting this, and I agree with you. This is not sensible. Then why did u start the topic?!?!?!?!?!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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