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Message: [QUOTE="Force, post: 2438073, member: 8099"] I dont see a difference between a player from PNG playing SOO to a player from NZ wanting to play SOO.They are both from other countries.To me if you accept one way,surely you have to accept it the other based on the cases being almost identical. Well lets put it another way...'Australians moving to another country'. Australian actor Simon Baker(The Mentalist).He moved to the US because of work and recently became an American citizen.Is he now no longer Australian?...would you consider him American?...Another example, Australian NBA basketball player Andrew Bogut.He had to move to America because thats where the best basketball competition on the planet is(just like the NRL to league players).Would he be known as an American if he stays there for more than 10 years and can no longer consider himself Australian?...What if basketball was Australias top sport and all the top OZ basketball players moved to the US to try make the NBA.After living there since being on college scholarships would it be fair if America picked all the top OZ basketball players to play for the US? People move to other countries just like the numerous ex-pat Australians scattered around the world.Yes they can develop a heart for their new country(they usually do) but also hold on to their ties to their home country.I dont believe one should have to denounce their ties to their homeland just because they moved and I would still consider ex-pat Australians Australian regardless of where they moved to or how long they've been there. [/QUOTE]

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