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Posted July 13, 2015 08:11 · last edited July 13, 2015 08:15

Irene I think was already very well known and a SA rep. Different.

Yeah, but my point was that countries give citizenship out to talented sportspeople to help their teams out. I'm not saying we did this for Deklan Wynn (we clearly didn't) but that's what the rules are trying to prevent. Also, some countries (mostly small island states in need of cash) sell citizenship with no requirement for the person buying to have even ever been to the country or have any relative even remotely connected.

This is why FIFA put a time requirement in - so that there was a standardisation of how people became eligible for new nations, and to ensure it wasn't abused.

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ConanTroutman edited July 13, 2015 08:15

Bestie wrote:

Irene I think was already very well known and a SA rep. Different.

Yeah, but my point was that countries give citizenship out to talented sportspeople to help their teams out. I'm not saying we did this for Deklan Wynn (we clearly didn't) but that's what the rules are trying to prevent. Also, some countries sell citizenship with no requirement for the person buying to have even ever been to the country or have any relative even remotely connected. Ironically, one of these countries is Vanuatu:

http://devpolicy.org/in-brief/citizenship-for-sale...

This is why FIFA put a time requirement in - so that there was a standardisation of how people became eligible for new nations, and to ensure it wasn't abused.

ConanTroutman edited July 13, 2015 08:14

Bestie wrote:

Irene I think was already very well known and a SA rep. Different.

Yeah, but my point was that countries give citizenship out to talented sportspeople to help their teams out. I'm not saying we did this for Deklan Wynn (we clearly didn't) but that's what the rules are trying to prevent. Also, some countries sell citizenship with no requirement for the person buying to have even ever been to the country or have any relative even remotely connected. Ironically, one of these countries is Vanuatu:

http://devpolicy.org/in-brief/citizenship-for-sale...

This is why FIFA put a time requirement in - so that there was a standardisation of how people became eligible for new nations, and to ensure it wasn't abused. I