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Rick

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Date Posted: Saturday, February 20, 09:02:27am

That isn't the only one, Al. There are Canadians on teams from other countries and during the opening ceremony, they mentioned four or five others competing for countries they were not born in.

I agree there is somethign wrong... even worse in the case of the figure skater. How can you become a citizen if you've never even been there? You watch... she will become an American citizen again when this is over.

Idiots.

You know, there are a lot of Canadian kids... 19, 20, up to probably 25 years old that are really good hockey players but not good enough to make a living at it. So they go to Europe and play in some obscure European leagues. I know a guy in Ontario who played in germany for years. Got pays $40,000 a year, free aparetment. Volkswagen sponsored the team so he got a free lease on a VW while he was there. He played there for 5 or 6 years. Now I can live with him being asked to play on the German national team. He's earning his living there. I don't like a Canadian playing against Canada but I can at least understand it. But to become a citizen of a country you've never been to, just to participate in the Olympics?

You know what this will open up right? Outter Mongolia will offer a hundred grand to twenty decent Canadian hockey players and then send them all to the Olympics in 4 years.

Sheer stupidity and it ought to be illegal.

but Al still watches figure skating.

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