29 points!
67% from the field!
67% from the field!
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I love that her dog is always in the contract and she won’t sign with a team if she can’t bring her dog.Good story on how Megan ended up on Spain's Olympic team.
Some excerpts:
Earlier this year, Megan went through the steps to earn a Spanish passport, in order to play for Spain's national team during this summer's Olympics.
If you're confused, so was every Hawkeye fan and coach. Head coach Jan Jensen recalls, "She said 'I've got to fly to LA to apply for my Spanish citizenship'. I was like-whoa! Are you Spanish?".
As it turns out, there is no Spanish DNA in Megan's blood. But this is not an uncommon career turn for professional women's players, who can be invited to become a citizen of another country in order to get more opportunities for competition during the WNBA offseason.
The full story:
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New Spanish citizen Megan Gustafson helps spread popularity of women's hoops in Europe
Her jersey is one of only two Hawkeyes that currently hangs in the rafters at Carver-Hawkeye Arena. But Megan Gustafson never got the Final Four treatment thatcbs2iowa.com
It’s kind of a joke isn’t it. Should there be stricter restrictions than just being issued a passport?
I mean I don’t blame her . She didn’t make the rules. But shouldn’t you have spent some legitimate amount of time in country you are representing
I get that there are other examples . Still doesn’t make it right imo.To be fair she probably spent more time in Spain than a lot of our mens soccer team has ever actually spent in the US, even though they generally have US citizenship from a parent which makes that part different. Israel and Greece have had baseball teams basically just full of Americans of Jewish or Greek descent that have likely never been there at all. Chris Chelios' son played for China in hockey last time because he played there professionally and they didn't really have enough decent players, so they made him a citizen. It's been going on for years. America has several additional entrants in the freestyle men's wrestling, just all wrestling for different countries.
It’s kind of a joke isn’t it. Should there be stricter restrictions than just being issued a passport?
I mean I don’t blame her . She didn’t make the rules. But shouldn’t you have spent some legitimate amount of time in country you are representing
Unless I read the story wrong, she is also a citizen of Spain
“With countries allowed to add a naturalized citizen to their Olympic rosters, Spain reached out to Gustafson's agent after seeing her play in Europe. Asked if she wanted a passport, Gustafson said yes.”Unless I read the story wrong, she is also a citizen of Spain.
“With countries allowed to add a naturalized citizen to their Olympic rosters, Spain reached out to Gustafson's agent after seeing her play in Europe. Asked if she wanted a passport, Gustafson said yes.”
Seems more like she was recruited to play for Spain versus taking residence there
“With countries allowed to add a naturalized citizen to their Olympic rosters, Spain reached out to Gustafson's agent after seeing her play in Europe. Asked if she wanted a passport, Gustafson said yes.”
Seems more like she was recruited to play for Spain versus taking residence there
To be fair she probably spent more time in Spain than a lot of our mens soccer team has ever actually spent in the US, even though they generally have US citizenship from a parent which makes that part different.
Great for Meg. Outstanding performance, and beating China is ALWAYS a good thing.
Not just youis it just me or has MG gotten muy caliente?
is it just me or has MG gotten muy caliente?
Not just you
Sure, but its no different then a high percentage of these athletes from around the world who take up scholarships at USA Universities, AND get most of their training at USA schools and paid for in the USA and then they go compete under their flag. How many of these athletes would even be world class athletes without the training they get here?It’s kind of a joke isn’t it. Should there be stricter restrictions than just being issued a passport?
I mean I don’t blame her . She didn’t make the rules. But shouldn’t you have spent some legitimate amount of time in country you are representing
It’s different. They are representing their countries. Who cares where they got their education. It’s not relevant whatsoever to representing a country they were born in or have lived inSure, but its no different then a high percentage of these athletes from around the world who take up scholarships at USA Universities, AND get most of their training at USA schools and paid for in the USA and then they go compete under their flag. How many of these athletes would even be world class athletes without the training they get here?
Sure, but its no different then a high percentage of these athletes from around the world who take up scholarships at USA Universities, AND get most of their training at USA schools and paid for in the USA and then they go compete under their flag. How many of these athletes would even be world class athletes without the training they get here?
There are a lot of track athletes and swimmers who train in the US.Um…most of the Athletes in the world that win Gold medals for other countries have not learned their sport in the United States.
Hell some of the most dominating players in the NBA did not go to college in the United States…if they attended college at all.
Ya think soccer players come to the US to learn how to play soccer? Field Hockey players from the Netherlands? New Zealand Rugby players? Tennis? Japanese women’s wrestlers? Iranian or Russian men wrestlers? Distance runners? Figure skaters? Swimmers swimming from Australia to Stanford? Sprinters? Table Tennis? Archery? Speed skating? Gymnasts from China taking over LSU? Badminton?
What sports exactly do every other country depend on the US to train its athletes to become world class athletes?
Ya can make some sort of tiny argument for Basketball…and even that is not going to hold up very well.
There are a lot of track athletes and swimmers who train in the US.
Gay move.