This has nothing to do with race. I'm black myself.
This is about runners born on another continent suddenly competing for the USA. As ridiculous as those Qatari and Turkish athletes.
This has nothing to do with race. I'm black myself.
This is about runners born on another continent suddenly competing for the USA. As ridiculous as those Qatari and Turkish athletes.
They need to bring back the camo jerseys they had on at the trials, those were pretty cool
Do some of your racist idiots realize that those Americans that were the top runners at the Gate River 15k race are serving in the US Army?
Yeah it is beginning to look like the native born issue will be debated soon. My guess is that western countries will grant citizenship to East Africans to strengthen distance running and Afro-Caribbean athletes for speed events and long jump in the short term. Then someone will step in and stop it.
I think a fairly simple solution is a residency requirement that in order to compete for your country, you must spend x% of your year in that country.
Maybe waive that requirement so that people are not prevented from competing for a year in their primes, but if they fail to meet that requirement that first year, they are banned from international or championship competition for some period of time.
Maybe require them to renounce any citizenship other than that of the country for which they want to compete (not sure this one is really necessary).
If someone comes here, maybe renounces their citizenship of their homeland and lives here basically full time, where they were born is irrelevant. They are now Americans in my book.
Obviously American schools aren't putting enough emphasis on preparing young athletes to win that vital 15k championship.
I've served with men and women wrote:
Do some of your racist idiots realize that those Americans that were the top runners at the Gate River 15k race are serving in the US Army?
That would destroy all they learned on Faux News.
White boys would go into a coma if they knew that illegal aliens are required to register for the military draft. Kicking them out means more white boys will be drafted to serve a cannon-fodder in a war.
SHahshsha wrote:
At no point did I mention black or white. I am not racist in any form,I have nothing against any ethnicity. I fully support Africans or people of any country coming to the US for a better life and better circumstances. At no point did I mention US chanpionships had to be all white athletes. So everyone who has replied so far is false and jumping to assumptions as usual.
I do feel that to compete for a country, you should have been born in that country. It defeats the purpose of having inter-nationality competition when countries can cherry pick from other countries and athletes can find loopholes in the system in order to get money elsewhere.
I also do bot blame the athletes tor this. If I was in their shoes I would would do the same thing and make the money while I can. It's the fault of the federations for allowing it.
It's a US championship that should be for people born in the US, it doesn't matter if they are black, white, blue or green as long as they were born in this country.
Tell me how it makes sense that someone could immigrate to the US and become a senator or governor but not represent the US at the Olympic Games.
Getting a free ride with WCAP
So does this mean black US sprinters who "immigrated" here years ago according to Dr. Ben Carson should compete for their countries too?
please tell us what is the amount amount time a foreigner has to be here to be a "real american" OP?
goodkidmaddcity wrote:
So does this mean black US sprinters who "immigrated" here years ago according to Barack Obama should compete for their countries too?
FTFY
Bad Wigins wrote:
Obviously American schools aren't putting enough emphasis on preparing young athletes to win that vital 15k championship.
That's right! American white boys will kick ass in the 10 miles.
Bad Wigins wrote:
Obviously American schools aren't putting enough emphasis on preparing young athletes to win that vital 15k championship.
That's why we need to reserve at least one spot for an American born white Christian runner on the podiums and national champs teams because I can't identify with people who believe in evolution or don't know how bad a sunburn can affect a long run.
Smoove wrote:
I think a fairly simple solution is a residency requirement that in order to compete for your country, you must spend x% of your year in that country.
Maybe waive that requirement so that people are not prevented from competing for a year in their primes, but if they fail to meet that requirement that first year, they are banned from international or championship competition for some period of time.
Maybe require them to renounce any citizenship other than that of the country for which they want to compete (not sure this one is really necessary).
If someone comes here, maybe renounces their citizenship of their homeland and lives here basically full time, where they were born is irrelevant. They are now Americans in my book.
All of these WCAP runners have been living here basically since college....
Alan
SHahshsha wrote:
At no point did I mention black or white. I am not racist in any form,I have nothing against any ethnicity. I fully support Africans or people of any country coming to the US for a better life and better circumstances. At no point did I mention US chanpionships had to be all white athletes. So everyone who has replied so far is false and jumping to assumptions as usual.
I do feel that to compete for a country, you should have been born in that country. It defeats the purpose of having inter-nationality competition when countries can cherry pick from other countries and athletes can find loopholes in the system in order to get money elsewhere.
I also do bot blame the athletes tor this. If I was in their shoes I would would do the same thing and make the money while I can. It's the fault of the federations for allowing it.
It's a US championship that should be for people born in the US, it doesn't matter if they are black, white, blue or green as long as they were born in this country.
No one cares what you think or how you "feel". Haha. Go back to your mom's basement.
Smoove wrote:
I think a fairly simple solution is a residency requirement that in order to compete for your country, you must spend x% of your year in that country.
Maybe waive that requirement so that people are not prevented from competing for a year in their primes, but if they fail to meet that requirement that first year, they are banned from international or championship competition for some period of time.
Maybe require them to renounce any citizenship other than that of the country for which they want to compete (not sure this one is really necessary).
If someone comes here, maybe renounces their citizenship of their homeland and lives here basically full time, where they were born is irrelevant. They are now Americans in my book.
What if instead to compete for your country you had to serve your country in some manner first rather than just happen to pop out of that cesspool between your moms legs that just happened to be on US soil.
I wasn't suggesting otherwise. I'm just trying to lay out a plan that might satisfy thos who, unlike me, have objections.
Although if there were cases where athletes were not actually in the States for the majority of the year, it would bother me some.
I just don't understand the subtle racism people have.
These guys have been here since college freshmen. WCAP gives them a path to citizenship and to continue competing. Who wouldn't want that?
Also there are many former collegian Kenyan runners who stayed in the states and received citizenship other than those select few in WCAP.
Alan
not cucking anymore!!! wrote:
3 vile Africans in Denison TX, gang rape, slice up, and torture beautiful white girl. National media silent.
http://narrative-collapse.com/2017/03/09/18-yr-old-kidnapped-tortured-and-gang-raped-in-denison-tx/Reverse the races and it would be on all the National news.
Ship all blacks to Africa, enough is enough!
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whites can win the 100m again!
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Runningart2004 wrote:
I just don't understand the subtle racism people have.
There are few actual racists here, mostly trolls trying to stir the pot.