Wanted what more? A scarred up face like Cassidy after his accident
The Official 2016 Olympics thread: Medals Are For the Elite but Zika is For Everybody
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Not trying to be argumentative; but England and America are not African Countries either; but they both have imported distance runners from Kenya, Somalia and Ethiopia. In fact a Somalian born guy won a gold medal for England in a distance race the other day. How is that any different than what Bahrain is doing?
Btw, yesterday I was watching the Nigerian basketball team playing Brazil. From what I understood the announcer said that in order to play for Nigeria you either had to be born there; or one of your parents had to have been born there and you need a passport. So Nigerian players could have actually been Americans and many were; because some were born in the USA and many went to school in the USA, but they were not going to make the American team so they decided to play for Nigeria. So the Nigerians bought athletes too if you think about it, because they wanted to be competitive.
Is Bahrain buying medals? Yes. But so are the other countries.
Chrishaune
Veteran
Nah, she wouldn't have done that.
Even after the race she went and picked the bytch up showing sportsmanship.
I would have kicked her in the head
White Americans of course....hell they think just about every black athlete is
Having players who were born in other nations isn't BUYING players. They have ancestral ties to that nation, in-fact they would more than likely self-identify as "nigerian". That has nothing to do with "buying" players. Other nations such as England/America/Brazil and others have black athletes who were there from centuries long diasporas or, in modern times, refugeeism.
Bahrain literally is paying athletes to have citizenship to participate in the games. Not the same at all as other nations.
All citizens are eligible to compete for their country. Most countries offer citzenship to anyone that has a parent born other there. It takes more than a generation for someone to stop identifying with their "homeland". That is different than outright paying them. Bahrain athletes have no ties to the nation. There are athletes that train in the US that could of easily made the US team.
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So there are no Africans in the diaspora across the Red Sea? So the Arabs didn't have a slave trade?
But the USA and England have outright paid athletes over the years. America and England used to pay Communist Eastern bloc athletes to defect. I seem to recall the USA and England also bringing in East African distance runners to bolster their chances in the Olympics.
The brother playing for them in Volleyball was there for like a year, same for the other sister.
King Jove
King Of †he Gawds
I could play goalkeeper for these womens soccer teams.
These women have 0 shot power. Don't have to worry about shots outside of the box with pace or shots to the upper 90.
These women have 0 shot power. Don't have to worry about shots outside of the box with pace or shots to the upper 90.
the artist known az
Hail the victors
The crowd still saying Zika when a goalie kicks?