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Message: [QUOTE="Coxy, post: 2435310, member: 1764"] I guess I'm more empathetic to people who move to Australia from another country, still love their home country but also love their adopted "state" and the passion around origin. eg, Karmichael Hunt. He played with passion for QLD, and because he had to, he played for Australia. I imagine he would've played just as well if not better for NZ, and still be as great for QLD as he was. I don't see how it cheapens Origin. If the rules are as they are now, that you have to have done your football development in Queensland/NSW, play your first senior football there, then it's no different. As I keep saying, the fact that Inglis and Folau to name but 2 were born and bred in NSW, moved to QLD as teenagers and are therefore eligible for QLD is proof of my concept. What their international allegiance is is irrelevant. State of Origin != born, bred in that state. Origin != where you're brought up. Origin = where you started senior football. International honours = born, bred, family, residency...so many people qualify for 2 different countries. Sometimes 3. State of Origin allegiance/eligibility should be treated completely differently to International eligibility/allegiance. And there should be the ability to nominate allegiance to a "minnow nation" (like Tonga, Fiji etc) in addition to a major league playing nation if you qualify for both. However, agree that it should be something you decide when you first come into senior football. Sign it, bam, that's it. No changing your mind. And that extends to Internationals too. No nominating for one country, then spending 3 years in another and changing your allegiance on residency grounds. I'll say it again, other than "I don't like it", "QLD/NSW is in Australia", nobody's given me a valid reason why the above won't work. [/QUOTE]

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