ramsej84 wrote:you have more than a valid point... it cuts both ways...
You either chose the country of both your parents (if they are mixed you will spoiled for choice) or else chose to play for the birth country.
if I had to be in the same sit I would chose the country in which my parents were born!
MUTU wrote:ramsej84 wrote:you have more than a valid point... it cuts both ways...
You either chose the country of both your parents (if they are mixed you will spoiled for choice) or else chose to play for the birth country.
if I had to be in the same sit I would chose the country in which my parents were born!
I call these kinds of people national mercenaries.
If I was FIFA president I would ensure to implement a rule whereby no one can represent a country in which he has not lived. If he likes the US so much, he should go there and play in the MLS, rather than betray the country that gave him everything.
I think there are some kind of rules.MUTU wrote:ramsej84 wrote:you have more than a valid point... it cuts both ways...
You either chose the country of both your parents (if they are mixed you will spoiled for choice) or else chose to play for the birth country.
if I had to be in the same sit I would chose the country in which my parents were born!
I call these kind of people national mercenaries.
The rules are incredibly frustrating. If one grandparent had a different citizenship to yours, you can obtain such citizenship and represent that country. Thing is, your grandparent might not have even lived in such country; (s)he could have had that citizenship from his/her grandparent too! See what I'm getting it? Just because you have US citizenship doesn't mean you are American. Theoretically you could have US citizenship when your great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great grandfather used to live there for a few years.
If I was FIFA president I would ensure to implement a rule whereby no one can represent a country in which he has not lived. If Tillman likes the US so much, he should go there and play in the MLS, rather than betray the country that gave him everything. But for now, just sell his ungrateful ass to Barcelona please, if they still want him.
Place of birth only...MUTU wrote:Yes they go back to the grandfather, but is it necessary for the grandfather to have lived in the country, or could he have had the citizenship because his own grandfather lived there?
America USA wrote:I agree with MU and 12. Players should only be allowed to play for countries where they were born or at least spent a few years living as residents.
Is Tillman a US citizen? (Unlikely because the US has jus solis and he was not born in US territory) Is he a Greencard holder? Is he a naturalized citizen? How many (consecutive) years of his 19 year old life has he spent in the States?
I hate such mercenaries. I personally consider such people betrayers to the land where they are born and the country that raised them up. Sickening.
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