Given all the debate in the other thread about Qatar "buying" up some of the top talent in swimming, my question is how many people feel the USA should do the same?
Hoogie & Thorpe for our 800 free relay?
Schoeman & Hoogie for our 400 free?
How about on the W's side, a couple of th Aussies maybe?
This thread was about the Olympics and countries paying athletes to represent them without becoming citizens. In my opinion it opens up a very new and in my opinion bad change to the Olympics and wht they have been in my lifetime.
As long as the Olympics are about country vs. country competition (which I like), as long as nations come into opening ceremonies as a team, as long as a countries national anthem is played on the awards stand then I feel the people representing those countries should be citizens; natual born, dual or converts.
We have professional sports teams that do/should buy up top talent and compete.........keep the Olympics what it is and let pro sports go on.
For those of you who want this event to change because it incites "nationalism" which can be seen as good and/or bad, I simply disagree. The 1980 US vs. Russia Hockey game, the US vs. China soccer match, the US vs. Brazil vaolleybal match, on and on and on are things that I feel fortunate to have witnessed and moved by what took place and would like to see more of these in my lifetime.
This thread was about the Olympics and countries paying athletes to represent them without becoming citizens. In my opinion it opens up a very new and in my opinion bad change to the Olympics and wht they have been in my lifetime.
As long as the Olympics are about country vs. country competition (which I like), as long as nations come into opening ceremonies as a team, as long as a countries national anthem is played on the awards stand then I feel the people representing those countries should be citizens; natual born, dual or converts.
We have professional sports teams that do/should buy up top talent and compete.........keep the Olympics what it is and let pro sports go on.
For those of you who want this event to change because it incites "nationalism" which can be seen as good and/or bad, I simply disagree. The 1980 US vs. Russia Hockey game, the US vs. China soccer match, the US vs. Brazil vaolleybal match, on and on and on are things that I feel fortunate to have witnessed and moved by what took place and would like to see more of these in my lifetime.
