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To: discostu
Russia was banned from being represented, but they’re trying not to punish the innocent athletes...

Multinational Eurocentric twaddle. If the athletes are allowed to compete, how is the country banned? If athletes not attached to a country can compete, why just Russian athletes?

There are rules and there are rules, except when there aren't...

17 posted on 02/08/2018 7:16:37 AM PST by ZOOKER (Until further notice the /s is implied...)
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To: ZOOKER

Only some athletes, a very small number, and they aren’t representing the country. No Russian flags, no Russian uniforms, no Russian anthem. Watching many NCAA teams get banned from bowl/ championship consideration because a coach who isn’t there anymore broke the rules for players that aren’t there anymore I’m OK with this. Russia is out, but these athletes who did nothing wrong shouldn’t be punished because Putin wanted to stack their numbers 4 years ago.


35 posted on 02/08/2018 8:08:26 AM PST by discostu (Lick here [ ] you might be one of the lucky 25.)
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