As seen on Swiminfo today.......so much for citizenship eh?! And we complain about masters "superteams"!
Draganja Changing Allegiances to Qatar
ZAGREB, Croatia, December 7. WHILE South Africa’s Roland Schoeman has spurned an offer to switch his allegiance to Qatar, the same cannot be said for Croatian Duje Draganja. The sprint sensation, a 24-year-old, recently accepted a lucrative offer to swim for the Middle Eastern nation, which has been chasing high-profile athletes by offering significant sums of money.
Before accepting the offer from Qatar, which is believed to be at least $1 million, Draganja gave Croatian swimming officials the opportunity to keep him swimming under his homeland’s flag. Ultimately, though, the Arab nation won out and Draganja is expected to race for Qatar at next year’s World Short Course Championships in Shanghai, China.
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Originally posted by aquageek
Rumor has it that gull80 was offered a similar amount of money to swim for New Bern Aquatics.
I've also heard Canada is offereing similar amounts to US swimmers, as long as they have their backbones removed.
So the question is, did Gull take the offer?
I won't even comment on the other jab for fear of igniting a politcal debate.
Originally posted by aquageek
Rumor has it that gull80 was offered a similar amount of money to swim for New Bern Aquatics.
I've also heard Canada is offereing similar amounts to US swimmers, as long as they have their backbones removed.
So the question is, did Gull take the offer?
I won't even comment on the other jab for fear of igniting a politcal debate.
