Should Olympic athlete have their United States citizenship stripped, and never ever returning

originally posted by: Xcalibur254
a reply to: BernnieJGato

Once again, the first season she competed internationally was 2017-18. She made the announcement she would compete for China in 2019. She was 15 years old at that time. She's currently 17.

You guys are getting way too into a sport that you may watch once every 4 years.

yeah sounds like cancel culture to me too.

she gave up her us passport if i heard right. but with the state of immigration she will come back or maybe swalwell can put in a good word for her.

my disappointment is that she is pretty good. won the X games, free style and snow boarding i thought i heard.

but the competition will be fierce . i'd like to watch. how she does.

if she makes a few bucks, so what? hunter and joe made theirs from china. at least she has a skill and works for it.

one of my girlfriends would kick my ass on her 3 pins every time we went. she said her downhills were no challenge anymore. i saw her once on them, i blinked and she was gone, lol. hey! wait for meeeeeee!!

so me and a 1/2 pt of southern comfort would make our way to a green run and meet her at the bottom.
ahh good times.

a reply to: robsmith

What are you talking about?

The Olympic athletes are not funded by taxes, at least the ones who represent the United States. They're funded by donations, endorsements, and themselves.

originally posted by: cmdrkeenkid
a reply to: robsmith

What are you talking about?

The Olympic athletes are not funded by taxes, at least the ones who represent the United States. They're funded by donations, endorsements, and themselves.

Primarily private funding, correct.

A significant amount of tax money is also provided through block grants to related organizations and free use of taxpayer funded facilities though.

a reply to: cmdrkeenkid

Well have an open mind, just cause In America things are different, i was basing this on how we do things in Australia.

Though I imagine major companies in thd states, who sponsor athletes, pays for funding, accomodation, travel for athletes, with sponsorship etc And claim this as a business expense, so it is taxpayer funding, technically.

No major company does anything outbid the kindness of their heart.

en.m.wikipedia.org...

Funny, I was just talking about this exact thing to my wife tonight! Saying how wrong it is, and how they should have to revoke their citizenship to be eligible to compete in this fashion at the Olympics.

We were watching the opening ceremony tonight, and I was amazed at how many US athletes are doing exactly this. It's more than just China! It's actually quite a few countries they're competing for.

The problem is...then you have competitors from regions like the "ROC" (Russian Olympic Committee). Russia was banned, so what did the athletes do? They formed their own quasi-country called "ROC" and BOOM, they're right back in the Olympics! Penalties are for a reason, and if they can be circumvented so easily like this then who is ever going to care about athletes competing for other countries they aren't even citizens of? Answer - No one.

So, life goes on. And when the Russians start taking home medals, then what did that suspension mean? It only meant that the Russian flag wouldn't be flown at the ceremonies or on the medal stand. Beyond this, it meant nothing.

Sad.