Euro 2012 makes me sick

[roy]

i am just shocked.

mate, your view is purely racist. if you cant realize that then i'm sorry, you need help.

so Balotelli shouldn't play for Italy? the kid was born there and has never been to Ghana! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mario_Balotelli so because he's black he cant play for Italy?
Using your twisted Views then Zandi shouldn't have played for us, hes not Pure Persian and so is Taymorian who should play for Armenia.

discriminating against race, color or religion is disgraceful.

[KC McElroy]

i am just shocked.

mate, your view is purely racist. if you cant realize that then i'm sorry, you need help.

so Balotelli shouldn't play for Italy? the kid was born there and has never been to Ghana! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mario_Balotelli so because he's black he cant play for Italy? Using your twisted Views then Zandi shouldn't have played for us, hes not Pure Persian and so is Taymorian who should play for Armenia.

discriminating against race, color or religion is disgraceful.

I never said because Barwuah is black he shouldn't play there. I have repeatedly said because his bloodline traces back to Ghana at the time of the formation of that country he shouldn't play for Italy. He doesn't even have to be pure Italian. Even one Italian parent whose bloodline traced back to Italy at the time of its formation would have been sufficient but he doesn't even have that.
Where does Zandi or Teymourian's bloodline trace back to? Perhaps if you can answer that I can give you my opinion on them as well.
For all those who oppose my reasoning, none of them have yet answered a question I posed before: Would they be ok with 11 guys whose father and mother are Japanese but gave birth to them in Iran and lived in Iran for all their lives lining up for TM?

[Camran khan]

I never said because Barwuah is black he shouldn't play there. I have repeatedly said because his bloodline traces back to Ghana at the time of the formation of that country he shouldn't play for Italy. He doesn't even have to be pure Italian. Even one Italian parent whose bloodline traced back to Italy at the time of its formation would have been sufficient but he doesn't even have that.
Where does Zandi or Teymourian's bloodline trace back to? Perhaps if you can answer that I can give you my opinion on them as well.
For all those who oppose my reasoning, none of them have yet answered a question I posed before: Would they be ok with 11 guys whose father and mother are Japanese but gave birth to them in Iran and lived in Iran for all their lives lining up for TM?

If you grow up in Iran even if your parents are from another country you have the right to play for TM.

[KC McElroy]

If you grow up in Iran even if your parents are from another country you have the right to play for TM.

You are incorrect. If you have no Iranian blood, you shouldn't represent Iran. Same goes for any other country.

[Camran khan]

You are incorrect. If you have no Iranian blood, you shouldn't represent Iran. Same goes for any other country.

Then i'm guessing you have a problem with Teymourian playing for TM too, right?

[KC McElroy]

Then i'm guessing you have a problem with Teymourian playing for TM too, right?

I actually asked about that earlier but no one posted the information I asked about. What are the nationality of his parents and grand parents?

[Camran khan]

I actually asked about that earlier but no one posted the information I asked about. What are the nationality of his parents and grand parents?

His parents are from Armenia.

[KC McElroy]

His parents are from Armenia.

Does that mean they are Armenian? Or Iranians who moved to Armenia? If they are actually Armenian then I have a problem with him representing Iran instead of Armenia.

[Camran khan]

Does that mean they are Armenian? Or Iranians who moved to Armenia? If they are actually Armenian then I have a problem with him representing Iran instead of Armenia.

They're originally Armenian.

[KC McElroy]

They're originally Armenian.

If I am to take your word for it, and assume by Armenian you are talking about nationality and not ethnicity, then as stated above I have a problem with him representing Iran instead of Armenia.

[KC McElroy]

Actually now that I think about it I doubt his parents are Armenian as far as nationality through bloodlines are concerned. The country of Armenia in its present form has only been around for about 20 years. I would imagine if his parents are not Iranian they were from the Soviet Union but of Armenian ethnicity.

[Camran khan]

^ According to Wikipedia they have an Armenian ethnic background, isn't it the etnicity that matters and not the nationality?

[KC McElroy]

^ According to Wikipedia they have an Armenian ethnic background, isn't it the etnicity that matters and not the nationality?

Actually no. That's what I have been arguing all along. Regardless of what your ethnicity is, it's the bloodline that I consider. You can have an arab playing for Germany as long as that arab's ancestors lived in Germany when the country was formed.
When Iran was formed, did you have an ancestor that was in Iran at the time? If you did, you are Iranian in my book regardless of where you currently live or grew up. I suppose the question of when exactly the country of Iran became the country of Iran (as opposed to the Persian Empire) is subject to debate. The current country borders don't have a long history so it's really not difficult to find the true nationalities of people.

[Zamboor]

[KC McElroy]

The fact that Barwuah calls himself a naturalized Italian is all the evidence I needed for my reasoning in this thread. He has no bloodline to make him Italian.