Thursday, August 24, 2006

Little League World Series and Saudi Arabia?

What is it with Saudi Arabia don't they do anything for themselves? They hire people from other countries to do their work because apparently, native born Saudis are unable to perform any useful tasks but does that include sports, too? The team from Saudi Arabia playing in the Little League World Series does not contain one native born Saudi. The players are all children of foreigners working in Saudi Arabia, their managers are some of those foreign workers. American citizens representing the Middle East against American teams. Especially in this day that is disgusting. If those Americans like the Middle East so much let them stay there.

Individuals playing for a country should be required to have been, born in that country and be a citizen of that country for five years. It the LLWS does not adopt such a rule one day Saudi Arabia will pay the parents of talented baseball players millions of dollars to move to Saudi Arabia just long enough to allow those players to represent Saudi Arabia in the Little League World Series. Much like the New York Yankees does today.

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