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Sunday, March 26, 2006

Politics in American Football overseas

It would seem like people in the United States are not aware of what is going on in American Football overseas. Europeans have been trying to put a stronghold on our great sport of American football by claiming that the game is theirs to regulate when ever they get the chance. Point is in what the IFAF, EFAF and USA Football are doing when it comes to the World Cup of American Football. The international Federations have put large amounts of money into creating a Federation that bans teams from playing the few American teams that dare to come overseas to play Football depending on the name of the team. The United States does not do this practice nor does it care what a team calls itself that comes to the United States to play our game of football in the United States. If Americans are not aware by now because of what has occured to baseball and basketball the rest of the world gets a kick out of beating us at our own sports. Many different people from all over the world come to the United states to play sports and make millions of American dollars that they could not make in their own countries. The main part of the downfall of some of our sports is our own isolationism and because this, we are not aware of what other countries are doing in a particular sport until it is to late. We are so worried about regulating ourselves that we do not realize that other countries are doing things at all costs right under our noses just to prove that we are not a strong country. We import everything even our own Jobs and now athletes. It is very evident in hockey where Canadians were the majority in the sport, and now the minority. I think North American's should look at what is really going on around the world and level the playing field on what is going on. Examples are what the Europeans do in their own countries when it comes to Americans that play certain sports. In American Football only 2 Americans are allowed on the field and in Germany they have Americans put a big A on their helmets to brand them as so. Other countries are lobbying to ban americans from playing on American Football teams overseas. Makes one wonder if this practice is not being looked at by any sports administrators in the United States. If American teams had to put an E on every European player that played college sports lawsuits would be running wild. It makes one wonder what some Americans are thinking when they think that no one can do it better then Americans, when in reality given enough time others can do even better. This is not politics but to be honest attitudes towards sports has changed in many different ways since the year 2000. American sports needs a kick start away from the professional athletes when it comes to International play. Team USA American Football was created to try to change this spiral that has been going on and all TUSAAF has been getting is critics. Makes one wonder why a lot of Americans are not seeing the writing on the wall, when it comes to what is going on around in the world. Many different countries would love to see us fail at certain things but in sports is an area that a lot of Americans take for granted. lets be honest Americans rarely even show up for international events. The baseball World challenge should be a clear example of what is going on. Japan like usual when given any project will take it to its fullest and then some. Japan, believe it or not have the best amateur teams. If the United States does not watch what is going on we will be in the same situation as baseball.

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