Jumping countries to represent another Country....Name & Shame Thread

[Otley]

I am getting fed upwith this Country hopping....and I don't know why the countries let this happen it makes a mockery of World events like tennis, football, atheltics etc....and its embarrassing!!!!

Can we please name and shame these people

I will kick this off

Tennis player from Slovakia who wants to represent Great Briain because he has lived in England nearly 3 years and he likes living here, his name is Aljaz Bedene and is ranked 132 in the mens world rankings and AT the moment represents SLOVAKIA


Job Biscuit (Please stop it)!!!!


eh eh!!

[imp]

Mo farah? Andy murrey?

But theres a lot of that in the uk that is tolerated..as long as they win we will have them!

[Master]

Greg Rudeski

[Spicoli]

Lenno...ahh nevermind

[bradlee180]

Lennox Lewis - Canada (born England to Jamican-born parents)
Joachim Alcine - Canada (born Haiti)
Bermane Stiverne - Canada (born Haiti)
Adonis Stevenson - Canada (born Haiti)
Arturo Gatti - raised in Canada, hailing from Jersey City, NJ, USA, (born Italy)
Otis Grant - Canada (born Jamaica)
Trevor Berbick - Canada (born Jamaica)
Donovan Razor Ruddock - Canada (born Jamaica)

Meb Keflezighi - USA (born Eritria, Africa)
Ben Johnson - Canada (born Jamaica)


Around the late 1990s or early 2000s, Vince McMahon had a lot of Canadians on the WWE roster, and he decided it would be good for business if they were announced as hailing from American cities instead of Canadian cities.

Edge
Christian
Bret Hart
Test
Chris Benoit
Lance Storm
Val Venis
Gail Kim

*Chris Jericho was born in the USA.

I like how pro-wrestlers come up with something to add to their mystique:

Kamala - Uganda (born Mississipi, USA)
Abdullah the Butcher - The Sudan, Africa (born Windsor, Ontario, Canada.)
Cactus Jack (Mick Foley) - Truth or Consequences, New Mexico (born Indiana, USA)
Jake the Snake Roberts - Stone Mountain, Georgia (born Texas)
The Ultimate Warrior - Parts Unknown (born Indiana)

[Xwetie]

I am getting fed upwith this Country hopping....and I don't know why the countries let this happen it makes a mockery of World events like tennis, football, atheltics etc....and its embarrassing!!!!

Can we please name and shame these people

I will kick this off

Tennis player from Slovakia who wants to represent Great Briain because he has lived in England nearly 3 years and he likes living here, his name is Aljaz Bedene and is ranked 132 in the mens world rankings and AT the moment represents SLOVAKIA


Job Biscuit (Please stop it)!!!!


eh eh!!

Is there really any proper athletes that's actually from England ?

[Andre]

So how long do they have to live there by your rules? For so many countries and continents that are multicultural it would be impossible for all of them to return to their birth lands to train and compete from their original home so what do they do?
Everyone in Australia is from somewhere else (blood lines) except for Aboriginals, same goes for the United States except for the Indian nation people,so give a fuck.

[ryanman]

Mo farah? Andy murrey?

But theres a lot of that in the uk that is tolerated..as long as they win we will have them!

Andy Murray?

When did he change nationality?

[ryanman]

Mo farah? Andy murrey?

But theres a lot of that in the uk that is tolerated..as long as they win we will have them!

Not as bad as Australians and New Zealanders. See respective Rugby teams.

[ryanman]

I am getting fed upwith this Country hopping....and I don't know why the countries let this happen it makes a mockery of World events like tennis, football, atheltics etc....and its embarrassing!!!!

Can we please name and shame these people

I will kick this off

Tennis player from Slovakia who wants to represent Great Briain because he has lived in England nearly 3 years and he likes living here, his name is Aljaz Bedene and is ranked 132 in the mens world rankings and AT the moment represents SLOVAKIA


Job Biscuit (Please stop it)!!!!


eh eh!!

Is there really any proper athletes that's actually from England ?

Far far more than Sweden my friend.

[Mark TKO]

I don't agree with this either but those who have a choice should pick a country and not be allowed to change.

Lewis should've stayed Canadian after representing at the Olympics and Rusedski as far as I know never represented Canada ? So he was fine to choose Britain with his roots. Mo Farah was brought up here so what's wrong with choosing Britain. He was hardly going to go back and run for Somalia was he (thoughh if he'd have fancied being a prirate he might have gone back).

There was some talk about that Man United player Junuzaj being eligible for England in 5 years or some nonsense if he lived here - I wouldn't want that even if he was Messi standard.

I also don't think countries shoudl be allowed foreign managers.

That is all

[Gandalf]

I like the Korean and Japanese teams as they are truly Korean and Japanese. I look at the English team and it really is a bastard of tattoos, race, and obvious inbreeding. Managers should only come from the country too and at least England is good there. I'm becoming more hardline as I get older, but it is because I see more in common overseas than back home. The UK could learn a lot by cutting out the immigration, bailouts, suicide policies etc. Others are not killing themselves and their World Cups are fine.

[Beanflicker]

Lennox!

[Xwetie]

This is really common in Europa because of EU you can basically move anywhere you want as long as you live in Europe. Don't even need a passport. Like my local boxing gym, i think there are 'bout 6-7 people who's originally swedes. But as you said Andre it's way difference in Australia! as long as you got the accent you're Australian...

[Beanflicker]

Always wanted to go to Sweden. Maybe next year!