there's some wnba type players that play for Russia too....
it doesn't mean anything anymore...
this creep snowboarder better not think he's coming back here to enjoy America anymore...I hope he gets booed and his family too....the US doesn not recognize duel citizenship so goodbye jerk...
Actually, the US does recognize dual citizenship. He forfeits it if he is naturalized in another country and intends to renounce citizenship at that time.
“the US doesn not recognize duel citizenship so goodbye jerk...”
Actually, the US does. It pays when you have an immigration attorney friend and other friends with even 3 passports to one name.
But going back to playing for another country, sometimes it goes the other way. How many times has the US soccer team “poach” other hyphenated Americans overseas to play for the US?
case in point, Aron Johanson of Iceland who plays for the US team. He got blasted by the Icelandic media for picking the US instead of the country he grew up with. Meaning, he’s a real damn good player when your own country kills you in the media for not picking the local national team.
I’m glad I’m not watching any of the Olympics because this really pisses me off royally...
So because of what this guy did, you have decided NONE of our athletes deserve to be watched or supported. Enjoy wallowing in your hatred and misery. Myself,,,I refuse to allow hatred to consume me to such a degree that I can’t even enjoy the olympics.
Either way, what does it matter? Whether he plays a silly sport for Russia or plays a silly sport for America, he is just playing a silly sport. He hasn't gone over and joined the Russian foreign legion, he hasn't smuggled national secrets to Russia, he hasn't renounced the US. All he did was play a silly game. I presume he played the silly game for Russia because that's the team that offered to take him on.
Either way, its just a game. I will NEVER understand why people take the Olympics so seriously. Sheesh.
If I had a brother who quit his country just to win a medal, he wouldn’t have to worry about talking to me anymore. Quit your country just to win a f..... medal. That guy is a tool.
It never meant anything. International competition doesn’t say anything about a country, it’s just sport, fun and enjoyable, but come Monday the number of medals people from various countries won or did not win doesn’t change anything. We wouldn’t be a better place if he’d stayed and won his medal with an American flag on his jersey.