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Scotland is a country, as is England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
In the way a country is commonly understood geopolitically these days, they aren't really countries.
Just because they have the "country" appellaton doesn't make it so.
The Loire valley in France is known as the Pays de la Loire in French, and perhaps even more significantly the Basque regions are known as "Pais Vasco" in Spanish and "Pays Basque" in French.
is there not something unique in the way Football (soccer) teams from The UK of GB & NI compete at the Olympics versus regular national games like the FIFA World cup? I think it is one time that they actually have one team versus individual "countries"
i suppose this is the opposite of the question in the OP but might be an example of the Olympics has different rules than other global sporting events
Most people in the other provinces most definitely would not.
I guess you're probably right. It would be way too expensive for each province, and that's including too expensive for Quebec too, and the very idea is awfully pretentious and getting way above oneself as well, it's simply not worth it. So I take it back - if it came down to brass tacks neither Quebec or any others of the individual provinces and territories would actually agree to it. A united front is best.
is there not something unique in the way Football (soccer) teams from The UK of GB & NI compete at the Olympics versus regular national games like the FIFA World cup? I think it is one time that they actually have one team versus individual "countries"
i suppose this is the opposite of the question in the OP but might be an example of the Olympics has different rules than other global sporting events
I think it's only for a few sports that Scotland, Wales, etc. have their own teams. Generally sports like rugby and association football which are British in origin. So I guess it's mostly for old times' sake.
I guess you're probably right. It would be way too expensive for each province, and that's including too expensive for Quebec too, and the very idea is awfully pretentious and getting way above oneself as well, it's simply not worth it. So I take it back - if it came down to brass tacks neither Quebec or any others of the individual provinces and territories would actually agree to it. A united front is best.
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It's not a question of money IMO - neither for the yays nor the nays.
I think it's only for a few sports that Scotland, Wales, etc. have their own teams. Generally sports like rugby and association football which are British in origin. So I guess it's mostly for old times' sake.
Rugby Union i think has an Irish team with players from north and south of the border, not sure that happens in any other sport
Rugby Union i think has an Irish team with players from north and south of the border, not sure that happens in any other sport
It happens in cricket too.
And in cricket, England and Wales are together under "England". But Scotland has its own team.
Again, this is a classic British sport.
Other non-British sports like basketball, baseball, (ice) hockey don't allow for these kinds of exceptions.
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