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Originally posted by DAdmiral
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Bro naman.. it's very obvious.. Harris didn't have any connections to Qatar until last year... Before that he played in Argentina, Romania, Uruguay, France before moving to Qatar just last year.. Actually he just finished his stint in Argentina just past summer.. so how you will convince us that he was granted local by Fiba? -
I find the Bahamas exceptions more troubling.Comment
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Maybe.. remember, it take months before Fiba world cup last year to announce who will be the host.. that was pandemic era, where most of the countries badly hit by COVID and there are no budget to host the event.. Same scenario where China withdraw their bid in 2023 AFC (football's Asian cup) then Qatar came to the rescue despite they just finished their hosting at 2022 FIFA world cup...They are the only country willing to spend big for those events within pandemic era...Originally posted by FilWelsh View PostComment
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Nope... Buddy Hield, DeAndre Ayton, Mychal Thompson, Kai Jones are all born in Bahamas even they raised in US.. remember, it's automatic local for Fiba where you born in that country.. passport is not that needed if you have documents that you were born there...Originally posted by Sikatrix View PostComment
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Filipino is a nationality, not ethnicity. The fact that you don't know that only means you have no business talking about who is Filipino and who isn't.Originally posted by DAdmiral View PostComment
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You know Malay is an antiquated term to refer to Southeast Asians? The politically correct term is Austronesians and the fact that you don't know that means you have no business talking about who is Filipino and who isn't.Originally posted by empyreanmaze View PostComment
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why did this thread suddenly become racist?Comment
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And FIBA clearly distinguishes the differenc between entnicity and Nationality, otherwise all African Americans like Lebron can play for an African nation. And BTW FIBA like I really don't have business determining who is Filipino National or not , they do have business however pf their jurisdiction which is who is FIBA eligible or Not .Originally posted by OverratedTabBaldwin View PostComment
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Some are NOT reading or refuse to comprehend
1. It's passport APPLIED not passport issue date .
(application befor 16 is an exception basis )
2. Verification of records including application date is based on record keeping of central immigration international records shared by different countries (none of this information is available as public knowledge that anyone here knows of)Comment
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Sir, why compare Philippine basketball from Qatar basketball? Qatar basketball has lots & lots of money while Philippine basketball has almost nothing.Originally posted by DAdmiral View Post
Are U aware of what Qatar basketball did in the 2000's when it recruited quite a No. Of players from Africa (of no Qatari descent) then it gave them Qatari citizenship & have them play in the Qatar national team as local players? That's the reason Qatar was competitive in Asian basketball during the 2000's.
Qatar can do that because it has the money to draw or attract foreign players (of no Qatari descent) to play for the Qatar national team.
In Philippine basketball on the other hand, what we did (& still is doing) is to convince Fil-american or Fil-foreign players to play in the PBA so that in turn, they might play for the national team as in the cases of Danny Seigle, Asi Taulava, Kelly Williams, Gabe Norwood, etc. But those players are natural born Filipinos. Those African & Bosnian players playing & had played for the Qatar national team on the other hand are absolute foreigners of no Qatari descent & were just "converted" into Qatari locals.
My point here is that it's very hard to believe the possibility that if for instance Tyler Harris applied for or had obtained Qatari passport prior to his 16th b-day, it took so many years (Harris is already 31 yrs old by the way) before the Qataris were able to convince him to finally play for the Qatar national team as a local knowing how eager or determined the Qataris are in making their national team competitive. Remember that for several years now, Qatar basketball has struggled in Asian basketball. For sure Harris would have been a big help in making the team competitive if Harris had joined the team say 6 years ago."A king may move a man, a father may claim a son, but that man can also move himself, and only then does that man truly begin his own game. Remember that howsoever you are played or by whom, your soul is in your keeping alone, even though those who presume to play you be kings or men of power, when you stand before God, you cannot say, 'But I was told by others to do thus,' or that virtue was not convenient at the time. This will not suffice." - King Baldwin IVComment
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Who do you all think you’re kidding? Let’s look at our own team shall we:
Brownlee - one naturalized player
Newsome - born and raised overseas
Ramos - born and raised overseas
Edu - born and raised overseas
Norwood - born and raised overseas
Matthew Wright - born and raised overseas
Lassiter - born and raised overseas
Amos - born and raised overseas
And the most egregious one of them all:
Malonzo - born and raised overseas then miraculously remembers he got a PH passport before 16 just before the FIBA WC. What are the odds!
Anyone crying foul over Qatar should be embarrassed in themselves.Comment
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Qatar is very capable of providing official intelligence records that Harris applied for a passport before 16 .
this has nothing to do with Harris availability, but Qatars capabilities, ( they actually plan well in advance to game a system which is legal)Comment
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Paiba iba ka Analyzed. Now it's passport applied, before you are insinuating that Remy Martin was issued just a couple of months after he turned 16. So if that's the case then he applied a months prior turning 16? Then if before pala nagapply, this is the route that can be taken by SBP for him. If that's the case he should be eligible.Originally posted by DAdmiral View PostComment
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