has open borders made World Cup, Olympics, etc, pointless?
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Children of immigrants from Former Yugoslavia has strengthened Soccer across many countries. From Australia to Switzerland to even Sweden (Ibrahimovich), Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian ethnicity has done wonders.
Especially Switzerland. I think they have the same amount of ethnic Albanians as they have ethnic Swiss on their squad lol. There were even a couple of controversies with Swiss players celebrating goals with Albanian symbols.
Especially Switzerland. I think they have the same amount of ethnic Albanians as they have ethnic Swiss on their squad lol. There were even a couple of controversies with Swiss players celebrating goals with Albanian symbols.
18 out of 23 players of Australia Soccer Team either hold multiple Passports or born to immigrant parents. They were eligible to represent Greece, Croatia, Serbia, Scotland, Samoa, Lebanon, Iran etc beacuse of their parents but chose Australia. Balkan wars and immigrant exodus created Soccer loving demographic in Australia.
You can not be English unless you are white. This is an indisputable fact of life. Same way as a white player playing for the Nigerian team is absurd. England is a white country. Just because one particular generation allowed the borders of a centuries old country to be opened to anyone in the world does not change that.
What about English colonies? Indians and South Africans are not white. Are they considered English "subjects"? Just asking.
For example, most of the Europoen countries have few players who are actually from that country. England is less than half white for example. US and Canada have also seen similar shifts. So, even if your pro open borders, why root for a country at all? Can you really feel pride for your homeland when you’ve imported players from foreign lands?
That would disqualify the US from all international competition.
Population Demographics who actively participate in Sports are not necessarily the true representation of the population of that country. Some ethnic groups excel in particular sport, some do not.
USA, UK, Canada, Australia has millions of Indians, Pakistani, Bangladeshi people but there is not a single Footballer or Soccer player or Athlete or swimmer from that group.
Few thousand Jamaica immigrants and there children will dominate and shine in Athletics not only from their country but also for Canada, UK.
Look at Spelling Bee, dominated by Indians !!! Thats what they do. Just 1% of Indians (out of Total Population) in USA are now almost 100% of Spelling Bee Finalists.
You can not be English unless you are white. This is an indisputable fact of life. Same way as a white player playing for the Nigerian team is absurd. England is a white country. Just because one particular generation allowed the borders of a centuries old country to be opened to anyone in the world does not change that.
This is not any new phenomenon. In the days of colonialism and British Raj, I can give you many examples.
England Cricket Team had players from India representing them even 100 years ago.
On the other hand, India had a small population of Anglo-Indians, white people of British heritage and they represented India in different sports like Hockey, Football, Athletics.
I am inserting a picture of India Hockey Team which won Gold Medal at 1928 Olympics, Probably 6 or 7 players are White.
You can not be English unless you are white. This is an indisputable fact of life. Same way as a white player playing for the Nigerian team is absurd. England is a white country. Just because one particular generation allowed the borders of a centuries old country to be opened to anyone in the world does not change that.
I am English (born and bred), I am white, my Mrs is English (born and bred) she is black, are you suggesting that my children are not English because they have black skin? That my friend is simple 'racism'.
You can not be English unless you are white. This is an indisputable fact of life. Same way as a white player playing for the Nigerian team is absurd. England is a white country. Just because one particular generation allowed the borders of a centuries old country to be opened to anyone in the world does not change that.
So British West Indies? Colonies? Former colonies?
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