Why does People be representing Puerto Rico and NOT the USA? That is against the constitution, no? The USA should get the Puerto Rico medal count! USA 2 and 3 in the Decathlon! Thank you for your attention to the manner!
Why does People be representing Puerto Rico and NOT the USA? That is against the constitution, no? The USA should get the Puerto Rico medal count! USA 2 and 3 in the Decathlon! Thank you for your attention to the manner!
Why does People be representing Puerto Rico and NOT the USA? That is against the constitution, no? The USA should get the Puerto Rico medal count! USA 2 and 3 in the Decathlon! Thank you for your attention to the manner!
Always been confused about this as well.
Would love to see Puerto Rico represented as US.
Absolutely. Especially since the population of Puerto Rico is heavily subsidized by US taxpayers.
Puerto Rico decided to compete separate from the US because their representation would be very limited otherwise. Guam and USVI do too.
Look at Gibraltar and French Guiana for what it would be like for PR if they competed with the US - you never see athletes from those territories.
PR has competed at the Olympics since 1948. In that day , everyone was happy WW2 was over and the IOC was like hell ya dude to anyone who wanted to send athletes to the Olympics. There has never been an issue with this so they won't be changing it.
The USA should start doing trials on a state level first. Each state (or territory) has a meet then the 50 Champions compete at USA Nationals. What our sport needs in more MEETS THAT MATTER! That would make it 51 important ones in stead of just 1! Athletes would star gaming residence to competed from South Dakota or Delaware and those other flyover states. Thank you for your attention to this manner!
3000 Pierto Ricans die in Hurricane Maria. President Trump mocks their deaths by claiming the number was a hoax. The rest of the USA yawns. They're not real Americans.
Then a Puerto Rican wins a silver. "Hey that's our medal."
Well I suppose nothing new. The South claimed Jesse Owens as an American triumph over the Germans, even as the South wouldn't let Jesse marry a white woman.
Why does People be representing Puerto Rico and NOT the USA? That is against the constitution, no? The USA should get the Puerto Rico medal count! USA 2 and 3 in the Decathlon! Thank you for your attention to the manner!
There is nothing at all in the Constitution about representing the US in international sporting competitions. Puerto Rico, the US Virgins, and American Samoa compete on their own internatioanlly. I imagine Guam does as well.
I think it would be more entertaining if each state had a team instead of just one US team.
Why stop there? Every Canadian province could have a team? Then a team for every state in India and province in China. When Russia is allowed back in, they could have a team for each Oblast, Krai, Okrug, and semi-autonomous Republic. New Zealand could have two teams, one for the North Island and one for the South Island.
Taking it a step further, you could have two separate teams for white South Africans and black South Africans. Lebanon could have a Sunni team, a Shia team, and a Christian team. Mexican cartels that control a sufficient area of territory could field their own teams as well. Maybe a libertarian billionaire could send their own, privately-funded team.
There will be 15 rounds of the 100 meters, and worlds will be a 2 month long event. But it will be worth it in the year 2157, when Delaware finally brings home gold in the 4x4.
It does make me wonder - why the separate representation? Same with soccer/football and Scotland, Northern Ireland, Wales instead of GB in soccer.
All of those areas of the UK have their own soccer federations and compete in international competitions & the WC under those federations but in the Olympics they all compete for the UK.
3000 Pierto Ricans die in Hurricane Maria. President Trump mocks their deaths by claiming the number was a hoax. The rest of the USA yawns. They're not real Americans.
Then a Puerto Rican wins a silver. "Hey that's our medal."
Well I suppose nothing new. The South claimed Jesse Owens as an American triumph over the Germans, even as the South wouldn't let Jesse marry a white woman.
This is FAKE NEWS! I have ALWAYS been pro-Puerto Rico and viewed them as American Citizens! I support Puerto Rico statehood!
We need more TRUE American PATRIOTS these day! Statehood for Puerto Rico! Statehood for Guam! Return The Philippines to the US and Statehood for The Philippines! As our Dear Leader has professed, the USA was richest (and greatest) in the early 1900s, when we still had The Philippines. Make the Philippines America Again! = Make America Great Again!
Jesse Owen is a PATRIOT! Jim Crow “Laws” are ANTI-AMERICAN! Thank you for your attention to this manner!
Why does People be representing Puerto Rico and NOT the USA? That is against the constitution, no? The USA should get the Puerto Rico medal count! USA 2 and 3 in the Decathlon! Thank you for your attention to the manner!
There is nothing at all in the Constitution about representing the US in international sporting competitions. Puerto Rico, the US Virgins, and American Samoa compete on their own internatioanlly. I imagine Guam does as well.
Wrong! The Constitution, Our most sacred of texts from Our Lord Jesus, literally starts “We The People….”
There is nothing at all in the Constitution about representing the US in international sporting competitions. Puerto Rico, the US Virgins, and American Samoa compete on their own internatioanlly. I imagine Guam does as well.
Wrong! The Constitution, Our most sacred of texts from Our Lord Jesus, literally starts “We The People….”