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I've said it before and I'll say it again, K-State fans could have beheaded the entire KU team at midcourt, and K-State fans would be celebrating it this morning. They are the ISIS of Big 12 fanbases.
If there is one thing that is important to the Olympics, it's closed borders.
The International Olympic Committee has long wrestled with the issue of athletes changing nationalities.The practice dates to the 1920s and '30s when England and the U.S. stocked their ice hockey teams with Canadian players. Passport swapping grew steadily more popular over the years.Most recently, oil-rich emirates such as Qatar and Bahrain – eager to boost their national prestige – have recruited world-class runners from Africa."From a moral standpoint, we should avoid this transfer market in athletes," former IOC president Jacques Rogge said in the early 2000s.
I also typically cheer for team USA.And I don't care at all about country jumping. Athletes should be allowed to represent whatever country they want. If they don't think fondly enough of their birthplace to carry that flag, why should they?