Oh BS. Rapino speaks for herself as everyone does. The others are smart enough to realize their goal is to win the world cup for the US so they keep their mouth shut so as not to tear the team apart. Obviosly you’ve never been on a serious tournament team before. I will not lay the sins of rapino on others, if they come out and say stupid things like rapino does then they can answer for it. Guilt by association, some of you on this board are barely passed Hammurabi’s Law. I saw pretty much all of them parading around our Flag as was damn happy to see it, knowing Team USA is #1 in the world, as it should be. I think a lot of folks on this board are snowflakes just like millenials, a bunch of panzies to be honest.
“Obviosly youve never been on a serious tournament team before.”
No, you’re right. I toured with the Columbian international basketball team in 1976 in the south as an official, umpired the southeast conference finals for ASA in Florida in 1979, umpired the A level finals at Reno for ASA fastpitch softball in 1980, refereed part of the Alaskan Shootout in 1985 and was asked to sit in with the pro NBA referees in Sacramento during the summer leagues in 1991. I think that qualifies me to have a little knowledge with sports teams at the international level (IOC), NCAA, National Federation of High Schools, AAU, and many other organizations. I have been a member of ASA, USSSA, and NSA in softball, NCAA and National Federation in football, rated umpire and and referee, baseball, USVBA and IVBA in volleyball, And have called in 6 states and two countries besides the US before I retired when my health caught up with me in my late 50’s and I am now disabled twice.
Maybe you should understand what is at stake in international competitions as you need to remember, it is a sport. Not a political spotlight. It is unfortunate the money has captured most pro sports, but that worth doesn’t provide you with an opportunity to bit the hand that feeds or allow it to happen.
rwood