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Originally Posted by Wicked_and_Crazy
What other team is made up of more than one nation?
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Can't speak for the footy team specifically, but here are a few countries with a not-dissimilar situation to the UK:
-The Russian Federation is comprised of a number of distinct nations.
-Brittany is not dissimilar in heritage to Wales, although the French government doesn't allow it anything like the status or freedom Wales has.
-Within Iraq, the Kurds are ethnically distinct and practically running their corner of the country by themselves.
On the other hand, I think the privileged status of the UK home nations each having their own FA may be unique.
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Originally Posted by Shadow Demon UK
I don't understand what it's got to do with each countries FA's. Surely it's up to the players if they want to represent their country in the olympics and not the FA's? Isn't it a seperate organisation between football and the olympics?
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The organisations are separate, and it is the BOA, not the home FAs, that will select the team. However the home FAs (with the exception of England) are paranoid about losing their independent status and see this as a way their case for retaining it might be threatened. So, they have made it their business, by implying that there could be professional sanctions for any of their member players who take part.
I think it's a disgraceful way to carry on, personally. If they want to be narrow minded, paranoid and bad mannered (i.e. not turning up for meetings designed to discuss and work through the issue) then that's their problem, but trying to strongarm individuals who may not share their opinion is another matter.
Shame on them.