Yeah, that's all effed up but then again, if someone approached me and was all "WANNA COMPETE IN THE OLYMPICS???" I'd have a hard time saying "no" no matter what the price.
Then again I'd end up refusing anyways, I love being a US citizen too much. Even when living in Canada, I wanted residency but not neccessarily citizenship.
I wonder if they had to give up their American citizenship, or if you can have dual citizenship? I mean, what with Georgia just having had that "we're not Russia" conflict the other year, would you really want to have to live there? I doubt those kids will ever be more than Georgians on paper.
And if that's the case, I wonder if you can train in the US, and if you don't make the US team, if you can sell yourself out to other countries who just want a competitor for some prestige. I'm surprised someone hasn't done that yet... Olympic mercenaries!
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Then again I'd end up refusing anyways, I love being a US citizen too much. Even when living in Canada, I wanted residency but not neccessarily citizenship.
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And if that's the case, I wonder if you can train in the US, and if you don't make the US team, if you can sell yourself out to other countries who just want a competitor for some prestige. I'm surprised someone hasn't done that yet... Olympic mercenaries!
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