Posted on 08/14/2023 3:22:17 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
SIMONE BILES IS.
HOWEVER-—I TOTALLY AGREE WITH YOUR description of most women athletes.
They do NOT represent real women—they are ‘stuck in the middle” & they want total acceptance.
AIN’T going to happen.
But at least Gymnastics is a traditional women’s sport, as opposed to soccer and basketball.
Tangent here, but FIFA has really watered down and ruined the international game by allowing people with absolutely no links to countries they represent on the field.
The French men’s team is a perfect example of an African nation. Like the Philippine women’s being an American “b team”.
But those “Africans” were in fact born in France.
So is our Men's Basketball Team, by that criteria.
Some were, most weren’t.
They all have divided loyalties anyways.
Call me a purist.
But she just appeased all the Americans who hated her because it's her fault for losing the game so it doesn't make sense for her to throw the game away like that?
True about the loose FIFA rules. The effects are often absurd.
The Philippine team however has tighter rules. They insist on a genetic-ancestral connection. That may be impossible to enforce as a general international rule, because of “woke” stupidity.
There are other cases of professional teams requiring local players. One notable one is the Basque team in the Spanish Liga, Athletic Bilbao. They require that all their players be born in the Basque country, and they have stuck with the rule for over a century. They accept the restriction as a necessary measure to maintain long term loyalty.
She didn’t throw the game. People miss penalties. It happens.
I think Athletic Bilbao revoked the “Basque Only” requirement recently. There have been a few Catalan and African players on their team recently.
Heerenveen in the Netherlands used to have a similar policy.
Most Americans don’t understand the blood line traditions that soccer has in Europe.
Celtic and Rangers used to be really strict, only Catholics played for Celtic, and Protestants played for Rangers. But it’s not strict anymore, even though support is still very sectarian in Glasgow.
A true rivalry that one is, even though over half of each team are from other nations.
I’m just an anti-globalist when it comes to soccer I suppose (and everything else).
Noisy, arrogant, entitled, hostile, rude, and in the end, losers. What’s not to like?
Hello, Hello
We are the Billy Boys
Hello, Hello
You’ll know us by our noise
We’re up to our knees in Fenian blood
Surrender or you’ll die
For we are
The Brigton Derry Boys
(They tried clamping down on Rangers fans singing this, but I don’t think it’s worked)
If they will not be respectful of America and its flag, I will not be respectful of them.
Yes, it's common for veteran players to overshoot the net by at least a foot.
Having seen the video, not so easy to find now, the ball was obviously much
higher than the fraction of an inch over the net that some claim.
I can't imagine doing something like that, that makes you a traitor.
Well, you prompted me to look up the Athletic Bilbao 2023 team. I checked all the players, active and reserve, and all were born in the Basque country. The list of their hometowns is a bit emotional for me, because I have been to them all, no matter how small. This is my home, no doubt of that.
Just because I love seeing them getting their asses kicked doesn’t mean I hate them. I’m a right winger, not a hater. Haters come from the left.
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