IRAN bans USA
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Real bummer for Taylor and Molinaro.
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I personally hate when athletes are used as pawns in international affairs. Still smarting from the 1980 Olympics ban.
Taylor, Molinaro, and all the other world team members have my sympathies. It must be a huge disappointment for them.
If Im Iran, I do the ban PR. Then closer to the event, I take the "high" ground after the US MSM runs with this and let the US in. Then Iran (as Im playing the roll of Iran) crushes the US in competition and in Iran we are heroes and have the "high ground" after letting them compete.
If Im the US, while not getting political, I think this is a chance (because of the MSM feeding freenzy) to make some hay for the athletes and the sport. The light will be white hot, why not take the exposure and use it to the sports advantage.
In other news TR blames Trump, not Iran. Me being Me, I blame both.
If Im the US, while not getting political, I think this is a chance (because of the MSM feeding freenzy) to make some hay for the athletes and the sport. The light will be white hot, why not take the exposure and use it to the sports advantage.
In other news TR blames Trump, not Iran. Me being Me, I blame both.
Engineers, doctors, school children, college students, mothers and fathers, grandparents ... they're all affected by the current state of "international affairs." It's sad but not surprising that athletes will be affected too.
Never thought of that. Perhaps UWW does supercede Iran's right to control their borders...
YOU'RE kidding, right? Seriously...
NoVa probably has Guns on ignore and didnt see what you were responding too.
My suggestion is to run our own tournament at the same time. Make it million bucks for champ. If only USA show, so be it.
yep. Sometimes have to read between the lines. But it is mostly worth the effort.
On topic, sucks for the guys who were supposed to go. Not as bad as the 80 olympics, but thought we had got past all this. Maybe in the future UWW will be somewhat attuned to the worldpolitik and schedule in "neutral" countries.
To be fair, this one was pretty unforeseeable. The executive order wasn't in place until a week ago.
Maybe we can hope dunkej01 can take over Iran pretty quickly and get his plan in place.
Jefe is right now in the BWI Cube taking our D1 domination plan and marking it up for a real World Domination plan.
Matt Brown, Morgan McIntosh and Mason Manville are being briefed later today.
My vote is to put future events in Israel. If certain countries choose to boycott for political reasons, their problem.
Of course that will happen roughly the same time Jammen acknowledges Cael's coaching ability.
Part of the fallout from having an executive who doesn't think things through making executive orders. I guess we should get used to it.
That is actually a great plan. If you are Iran, you end up looking like you are morally superior to Trump which is exactly what they want to have happen in the international community. Iran's Prime Ministir gets on TV and says how it is not fair to the athletes that Trump is crazy and that Iran will not stoop to Trump's level and that all athletes are welcome. The world press would eat that up left and right.
What will surely come down the road is that athletic organizations will make sure their big events are not located in the US nor in Iran. The US will feel a de-facto boycott, similar (in effect) to what North Carolina faces from the NCAA et al., who will not locate their big events in North Carolina.
As somebody who's Jewish, I LOVE this idea!
But seriously, the World Junior Weightlifting Championships will be awarded to Pyongyang first.
http://www.iwf.net/2016/06/23/second-day-of-the-iwf-executive-board-meeting-in-tbilisi/
Oops!
All I can say is screw Iran! And all the winners will know one thing. You really don't win if you don't beat the best.
Where does this end? Will the USA wrestling leadership consider preventing Iran from participating in the World Cup?
Briefs are due today and tomorrow. Regardless of the outcome by the circuit court, the losing argument will be appealed to SC. Which could take months to get resolution.
If Admin wins and ban goes back into affect, I would think the Iranian ban goes back in place and USA is blocked out.
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