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llewilli
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yeah i'd have to say this is a slippery slope....i mean it could apply to many other topics of discussion. I'd say that if I live in Spain, pay the taxes, work, forsake the citizenship of the country of my birth -- then for all intents and purposes I am Spanish (in this case). I mean really, even if the rule were that you had to somehow by birth be tied to a country in order to play for it, does it really indicate how well your country plays? I mean these players don't train or play in their birth country most of the time - so even if they are good it could be b/c they trained and played in another country -- like the olympics. And plus, if we're taking this hard line -- the U.S. would be even more screwed than they already are. I vote multi-national.
 
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In the case of the USA, it has always been a melting pot nation formed by different people of all nationalities. I also know France has tons of Africans on it. Other countries have also always had nationalized citizens on their team. I just never expected certain countries based on their particular history would ever do this.

What seems strange to me is the extreme...
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I think one thing that will prevent it going the way you say, Rocco, is that people's own national pride will get in the way. Only a minority of people will be naturalised to play on a different country's national team. The rare occasions it does happen are often due to the player knowing they'd never make it onto the national side of their normal country, so they make the switch to a lower side. I don't know much about Alessandro Santos in particular, but I bet he'd never make it onto the Brazilian national side. So it'll only really happen on weaker teams. I reckon.


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I just never expected certain countries based on their particular history would ever do this.


why?

those countries want to win as much as anyone else big grin

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This has been going on for many years. I remember when Jackie Charlton was in charge of the Irish team, if your next door neighbour's Auntie's dog was Irish, you were eligible to play for Ireland and thus duly given citizenship die laughing
 
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