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Originally Posted by GirlySports
Bagor: I agree but players just love playing for the countries too much. They fear (realistically or not) that their federations can boot them off the team or the federations themselves can be suspended by FIFA. FIFA has suspended federations for things as simple as using an ineligible player in a youth tournament.
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Sadly there are few players in any sport that have the courage of their convictions, to that extent.
That is one of the reasons I am a huge fan of Michael Jones (and I am an atheist)
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Maybe I'm not as patriotic as most but when it comes to sports, I would be club before country. The club pays my wages. I don't get why players kill themselves to play in a tournament where the bureaucrats get all the money.
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You know it is all about money. They get paid by their associations to play and get win bonus as well. Also, playing on the national team increases their own personal "brand".