a Headline. Question. Why do So Africans - mainly Black - continue to allow white gold mind owners to run ??
. THEIR gold mines? That is, gold mines that belong to the South Africans. I am watching video of some of the 3,000 or more miners being rescued from a South African gold mine yesterday. All I see are Black faces. Then I see video of the "owners" or those who are in charge of the mine. They are white. I thought apartheid was over. The gold belongs to South Africa. Not the white man. . and yes I am white, a young woman under 24, and I believe that man and woman have the right to make money. But it disturbs me in this day and age, to see Blacks still under the foot of the white man. It depends on hopw you look at it Phi]lip. A man named Cecil Rhodes literally STOLE diamonds in what was at one time called Rhodesia..HE didn't own squat. yet he used those men both Black and white at will. THAT is what I see going on here. (By the way Rhodes was of course white, and came from Europe) He died young but left his mark as a thief (He made so much money off of the diamond mines that today, we have what is called the Rhodes Scholarship, the monies within that fund which were made off of the sweat of Black Africans South African belongs to the Blacks. Not the whites. The US belongs to whites, IF we discard the idea that it was stolen from the Indians....many many Blacks in this country employ whites .. do your homework...
Politics - 4 Answers
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Mines in America belong to the mine owners not America. South Africa, much to your chagrin, is like America. Not communist.
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There have been white South Africans since the 1700's, when the Boers colonized there. Apartheid is over, but that does not necessarily mean that if you are white you cannot run a company. I think the most important thing is that these 3000 workers get out safely. Many have been rescued, but there are hundreds still trapped. Lets focus on the people, not thier color.
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For many of the same historical reasons, that black Americans mostly work for white Americans.
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Probably because those white owners probably had money to start the business. Africa is not the richest countries with the best economy so don't expect a lot of Africans in Africa to be entrepenuers. And remember Aparthied and slavery was only 60 years ago, and it takes time for an entire society in a 3rd world country to progress in education, technology, economy and so forth after being at the very bottom. Although I have never been to Africa and never seen the inner workings or lived there, this is my perspective as an outsider, i hope i have some truth in what I said... but maybe not. With all the fighting still going on there, it would be difficult to progress and compete in the world economy without help from outside.
Wednesday, November 28, 2012
Wednesday, November 14, 2012
How do I make myself heard, without being rude?
How do I make myself heard, without being rude?
My brother in law (brother A) lives in another country. He visits us once a year, but prefers to stay with us, rather than his brother (Brother B). The main reason being that the brother isn't as "well off" as we are, and he wants to have his vacation in luxury - cable tv, broadband internet, etc. His brother lives in a sh1thole. Now, both brothers are alcoholic chain smokers. Every time brother A comes to 'visit', it ends in problems between my wife and myself, and it places a lot of pressume on us. He parks off in front of the TV, watches sport and drinks the ENTIRE day. We have a 10 month old baby. At night, when the baby has eventually gone to bed, my brother in law is so pissed that he passes out on the couch at about 19:00. So, the quality of the entire visit is non existent. Other than that, the only time he gives any attention to his nephew, is when he's fall-over drunk. Then we have to run around, making sure he doesn't drop him. It's really a nightmare when he visits. On the other hand, my wife's parents are both deceased. So, her brothers are really the only family she has left. I can't deny her contact with them. Brother A's got a visit planned - not so much to see us, as he's coming to South Africa purely for the World Cup. It's just convenient that he's planning to crash with us again. And I refuse to let him. He's a drunken slob who treats us like sh*t. How do I tell him that he won't be able to stay with us, without causing too much family friction? He won't accept that there is any problem in his behaviour - their father drank himself to death, and my bro in law thinks it's completely natural to be drunk every night. He's a functioning alcoholic, and doesn't do bogus things when he's pissed. He shows us absolutely no respect when he visits - he'll constantly make remarks about things like how his TV at home is so much better, how he can't believe we still use a VHS VCR, how small our home is... He even went as far as to ask me why I look at store brochures, "coz you anyways can't afford anything in it!" We're not poor, but we work very carefully with our money. We rather pay off a 20 year mortgage in 6 years, than have the biggest plasma TV in the lounge. To us it's about priorities. I've actually just sent him a mail, saying that, should he wish to stay with us, it will be a TOTALLY smoke-free visit. Not even smoking outside the house. Our baby has an acute smoke allergy, and I'm not prepared to risk his health for a selfish uncle. This guy lives in a total plastic bubble - was skyping him earlier today, and he was drunk off his friggin rocker! It's actually embarrassing! Anyway, he now knows that he pretty much can't stay with us, and I've emailed him accommodation options. The only problem is that he's so thick skinned, he probably won't even get the hint that we don't want him there. My wife is in 100% agreement with me on the issue. yahoo mann - firstly, sorry dude, I don't speak Stupid. Learn to spell, you retard. I can't understand a word you're trying to say.
Other - Family & Relationships - 3 Answers
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I think first of all yu´re not responsible enough and you like to show your priorities to those brothers to feel great: Otherwise you had no relation with such manners long ago. Don´t think yu´re a good one, no - yu´re not. It has nothing to do with family climate, these both are selfish and you like to be proud for your big -plasma tv and others. dam care of your child or your family. better you don´t let them entry to your home again and can secrifice easily such family members always, IF YOUR STORY IS TRUE. You´ve to not help for anything at anytime for his vacations. He is old enough to arrange or manage his holidays/vacation alone. Yu´re not guardian of them. He even does not respect the 10 months old child´s life. Yu´re talking about family ? I think you have to learn first- whats a family ? Sorry man, yu´re ver instabile person and very cowerd to tell the truth in right way. Thanks and try to understand. deen
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SOrry But No Way To be But Blunt. It's Your Home and I would tell Them Like it or Not your Not Gonna Put My sons Life in Jeporady. Why should you Have to put up with this kind of SAhit in Your Home. If he is that drunk He don't Remember the Visit anyway. Tell him if he wants to Visit he will have to saty at a Local Hotel or Motel. That you and your wife have already made plans the week he will be in Town and you would rather He not stay at your Home when You are at Work. What would happen if he was drunk and fell asleep with a cigarette in his mouth or in the ashtray and it caught the house on Fire. I would tell him you would enjoy his Visit But the Alcohol and Smoke will NOT BE ALLOWED. I am sure your wife will Agree that It's Not worth Putting her Son's Life At risk.
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That is a really tough situation your in because he will try make it turn bad to manipulate you. I was in a similar situation with my own sister. She has never met her niece and was planning on visiting me (as I live overseas) just to get free accomodation and meals and asked if her friend i have never met could stay with us too. She is a pretty much acoholic and every second word is cunt. She is very selfish and very abusive and at times violent and that is not good for my 10 month old daughter. I always knew she only wanted to visit to see the country and not see her niece or me. I told her the truth as it is the only way I could go about it. Id rather lose her as my sister then have the slight risk of danger present around my baby. I told her if she wanted to visit us and take us for granted then she will have to contribute a financially to meals etc and I told her EXACTLY how I felt, I called her a selfish user and all. As soon as I said contribute financially she cancelled the trip and didnt talk to me for over a month. While family is important to me the needs of my own new family is my first priority and she needs to realise that just like your wife. It is your house and your rules and displaying behaviour like that in front of a child is completely inappropriate and also disrespecting your household. Ok she doesnt have anyone else but his behaviour could be a serious risk to your child depending on how alcohol affects him and he could do stupid things. You really need to put your foot down firmly! He will be very angry but if he truly loves his sister then he will be willing to negotiate. Tell him you have your own family now to take care of and that his selfishness isnt apart of that family if he doesnt want to accept that then tell him to go stay with his other brother or you will cut all ties which of cause you dont want that but you have the right to say no this is not right. Thats the thing about family, some people take that status for granted and treat other family like that because they know family is to always love and forgive so they act like that.
My brother in law (brother A) lives in another country. He visits us once a year, but prefers to stay with us, rather than his brother (Brother B). The main reason being that the brother isn't as "well off" as we are, and he wants to have his vacation in luxury - cable tv, broadband internet, etc. His brother lives in a sh1thole. Now, both brothers are alcoholic chain smokers. Every time brother A comes to 'visit', it ends in problems between my wife and myself, and it places a lot of pressume on us. He parks off in front of the TV, watches sport and drinks the ENTIRE day. We have a 10 month old baby. At night, when the baby has eventually gone to bed, my brother in law is so pissed that he passes out on the couch at about 19:00. So, the quality of the entire visit is non existent. Other than that, the only time he gives any attention to his nephew, is when he's fall-over drunk. Then we have to run around, making sure he doesn't drop him. It's really a nightmare when he visits. On the other hand, my wife's parents are both deceased. So, her brothers are really the only family she has left. I can't deny her contact with them. Brother A's got a visit planned - not so much to see us, as he's coming to South Africa purely for the World Cup. It's just convenient that he's planning to crash with us again. And I refuse to let him. He's a drunken slob who treats us like sh*t. How do I tell him that he won't be able to stay with us, without causing too much family friction? He won't accept that there is any problem in his behaviour - their father drank himself to death, and my bro in law thinks it's completely natural to be drunk every night. He's a functioning alcoholic, and doesn't do bogus things when he's pissed. He shows us absolutely no respect when he visits - he'll constantly make remarks about things like how his TV at home is so much better, how he can't believe we still use a VHS VCR, how small our home is... He even went as far as to ask me why I look at store brochures, "coz you anyways can't afford anything in it!" We're not poor, but we work very carefully with our money. We rather pay off a 20 year mortgage in 6 years, than have the biggest plasma TV in the lounge. To us it's about priorities. I've actually just sent him a mail, saying that, should he wish to stay with us, it will be a TOTALLY smoke-free visit. Not even smoking outside the house. Our baby has an acute smoke allergy, and I'm not prepared to risk his health for a selfish uncle. This guy lives in a total plastic bubble - was skyping him earlier today, and he was drunk off his friggin rocker! It's actually embarrassing! Anyway, he now knows that he pretty much can't stay with us, and I've emailed him accommodation options. The only problem is that he's so thick skinned, he probably won't even get the hint that we don't want him there. My wife is in 100% agreement with me on the issue. yahoo mann - firstly, sorry dude, I don't speak Stupid. Learn to spell, you retard. I can't understand a word you're trying to say.
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I think first of all yu´re not responsible enough and you like to show your priorities to those brothers to feel great: Otherwise you had no relation with such manners long ago. Don´t think yu´re a good one, no - yu´re not. It has nothing to do with family climate, these both are selfish and you like to be proud for your big -plasma tv and others. dam care of your child or your family. better you don´t let them entry to your home again and can secrifice easily such family members always, IF YOUR STORY IS TRUE. You´ve to not help for anything at anytime for his vacations. He is old enough to arrange or manage his holidays/vacation alone. Yu´re not guardian of them. He even does not respect the 10 months old child´s life. Yu´re talking about family ? I think you have to learn first- whats a family ? Sorry man, yu´re ver instabile person and very cowerd to tell the truth in right way. Thanks and try to understand. deen
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SOrry But No Way To be But Blunt. It's Your Home and I would tell Them Like it or Not your Not Gonna Put My sons Life in Jeporady. Why should you Have to put up with this kind of SAhit in Your Home. If he is that drunk He don't Remember the Visit anyway. Tell him if he wants to Visit he will have to saty at a Local Hotel or Motel. That you and your wife have already made plans the week he will be in Town and you would rather He not stay at your Home when You are at Work. What would happen if he was drunk and fell asleep with a cigarette in his mouth or in the ashtray and it caught the house on Fire. I would tell him you would enjoy his Visit But the Alcohol and Smoke will NOT BE ALLOWED. I am sure your wife will Agree that It's Not worth Putting her Son's Life At risk.
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That is a really tough situation your in because he will try make it turn bad to manipulate you. I was in a similar situation with my own sister. She has never met her niece and was planning on visiting me (as I live overseas) just to get free accomodation and meals and asked if her friend i have never met could stay with us too. She is a pretty much acoholic and every second word is cunt. She is very selfish and very abusive and at times violent and that is not good for my 10 month old daughter. I always knew she only wanted to visit to see the country and not see her niece or me. I told her the truth as it is the only way I could go about it. Id rather lose her as my sister then have the slight risk of danger present around my baby. I told her if she wanted to visit us and take us for granted then she will have to contribute a financially to meals etc and I told her EXACTLY how I felt, I called her a selfish user and all. As soon as I said contribute financially she cancelled the trip and didnt talk to me for over a month. While family is important to me the needs of my own new family is my first priority and she needs to realise that just like your wife. It is your house and your rules and displaying behaviour like that in front of a child is completely inappropriate and also disrespecting your household. Ok she doesnt have anyone else but his behaviour could be a serious risk to your child depending on how alcohol affects him and he could do stupid things. You really need to put your foot down firmly! He will be very angry but if he truly loves his sister then he will be willing to negotiate. Tell him you have your own family now to take care of and that his selfishness isnt apart of that family if he doesnt want to accept that then tell him to go stay with his other brother or you will cut all ties which of cause you dont want that but you have the right to say no this is not right. Thats the thing about family, some people take that status for granted and treat other family like that because they know family is to always love and forgive so they act like that.
Wednesday, November 7, 2012
Why are we giving money to Haiti?
Why are we giving money to Haiti?
Does it really make sense to be helping a country when we are broke and cant even get out of debt? Isnt Obama just taking out a huge loan that we will have to pay back? its not like THE MONEY HE IS SENDING is coming from a surplus, its coming out of your pockets (through something called inflation)... ya thats what happens EVERY TIME... Obama says... we need 100billion for this or that... Your money becomes more devalued. I mean we are in kind of bad waters ourselves arent we? I mean why doesnt Obama donate a million of his own dollars to help them instead of a billion of ours??? has he yet??? He is awfully cavalier with other peoples money.... and Did i mention OPENLY PRACTICED SLAVERY still exists in haiti? (yes they will actually sell you 1 of thier own for a quick buck). I mean for gods sake, that city is a cespool of violence, abuse, and corruption. Every single level of its INFRASTRUCTURE has been violated by corruption, its SO VERY obvious it cant be saved (no matter how much money we send)... why would you rather keep people alive in those conditions? I mean its not like ANYONE IN THE USA started the earthquake, its not OUR FAULT that happened.... So how is it our responsbility to keep people thier alive? Not meaning to sound COLD or EVIL but cant people just face facts? Oh and i just found out TINY ISRAEL sent more aid to that country then ALL OF SOUTH AFRICA COMBINED.... whats that tell you about Haiti?.... And lets say it was you down thier....well if it was me, i wouldnt expect a bankrupted nation to send millions of dollars i dont think... and if i was in the very small percentage of people that dont deserve to die down thier... id probably not want to go on living anyway.... ALL im saying is NOTHING WILL CHANGE after we send them the money.... whats even the point?
Politics - 8 Answers
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You cons are pathetic.
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Because Obama won the election by saying he will care for the poor. That means taking money from hardworking people and giving it to other people. It's not his money. Why would he care?
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Haiti needs it... That is why.. Just like when the Tsunami hit and the gov't gave money to them... We were in debt then as well...
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earthquake
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natural disasters is a double edged sword my friend.... if we don't help we will be looked @ as selfish and greedy... if we do we are looked @ as getting into peoples business... personally i think we should distribute food by hand... if we airdrop anything or if we "wire" anything the gangs will get a hold of it and make the country worse than it already is... in africa when we gave them food the tribes would kill each other over a handout
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0bama and DC idiots.
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all the money in the US is fictional it is simply debt on debt our money is simply worth anything because of govt says it is after we went off of the gold standard so it really doesn't matter its not bad to be in debt. also haiti was the major economic trader with france in the 1760-1800s and because of that they became very poor, we are helping that country because they need help in there hour of need and when the US has this huge surplus and yes we have a huge surplus we should give some aid, and simply because they think differently than you doesn't make you more right than them all people deserve life under any conditions its ignorant people like you that give us Intelligent americans a bad name ps dont blame obama for all of your and our short comings he is making the best of a bad situation maybe if all of us americans practiced a little more stable economic system insted of living on debt we wouldent be in this mess in the first place so it is all yours and my fault.
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Makes pretty good sense. The U.S. helps Haiti with taxes we pay. But lately Haiti has had other disasters, that the tax money given to Haiti has been exhausted, so they are in need of help, moneywise and the U.S. wants to help. The U.S. is always looking to make other countries a part of the U.S somehow. I don't anything about Haiti but, maybe Haiti has something the U.S. could do with. plantation, maybe or another place for an area 51. We aren't in the bad shape that they are, but some of the people in the U.S. do get in bad shape when disaster strikes in their city/state, and the U.S. does help us/them then. You don't seem to have a good heart for those in need, especially in disasters. That money they are receiving, you don't really even feel it, so why think about it. You don't feel it in a way that it changes the way you are living right now. It's not as if you're going to feel as if you've just gave away your only pair of shoes, or the only car you have, or half your clothing. If you can help with some money, donate $10 or more. That's all. But too, hope you feel good now that you spoke your peace/piece of mind. The point to this is that we are all humans and do the humane thing.
Does it really make sense to be helping a country when we are broke and cant even get out of debt? Isnt Obama just taking out a huge loan that we will have to pay back? its not like THE MONEY HE IS SENDING is coming from a surplus, its coming out of your pockets (through something called inflation)... ya thats what happens EVERY TIME... Obama says... we need 100billion for this or that... Your money becomes more devalued. I mean we are in kind of bad waters ourselves arent we? I mean why doesnt Obama donate a million of his own dollars to help them instead of a billion of ours??? has he yet??? He is awfully cavalier with other peoples money.... and Did i mention OPENLY PRACTICED SLAVERY still exists in haiti? (yes they will actually sell you 1 of thier own for a quick buck). I mean for gods sake, that city is a cespool of violence, abuse, and corruption. Every single level of its INFRASTRUCTURE has been violated by corruption, its SO VERY obvious it cant be saved (no matter how much money we send)... why would you rather keep people alive in those conditions? I mean its not like ANYONE IN THE USA started the earthquake, its not OUR FAULT that happened.... So how is it our responsbility to keep people thier alive? Not meaning to sound COLD or EVIL but cant people just face facts? Oh and i just found out TINY ISRAEL sent more aid to that country then ALL OF SOUTH AFRICA COMBINED.... whats that tell you about Haiti?.... And lets say it was you down thier....well if it was me, i wouldnt expect a bankrupted nation to send millions of dollars i dont think... and if i was in the very small percentage of people that dont deserve to die down thier... id probably not want to go on living anyway.... ALL im saying is NOTHING WILL CHANGE after we send them the money.... whats even the point?
Politics - 8 Answers
Random Answers, Critics, Comments, Opinions :
1 :
You cons are pathetic.
2 :
Because Obama won the election by saying he will care for the poor. That means taking money from hardworking people and giving it to other people. It's not his money. Why would he care?
3 :
Haiti needs it... That is why.. Just like when the Tsunami hit and the gov't gave money to them... We were in debt then as well...
4 :
earthquake
5 :
natural disasters is a double edged sword my friend.... if we don't help we will be looked @ as selfish and greedy... if we do we are looked @ as getting into peoples business... personally i think we should distribute food by hand... if we airdrop anything or if we "wire" anything the gangs will get a hold of it and make the country worse than it already is... in africa when we gave them food the tribes would kill each other over a handout
6 :
0bama and DC idiots.
7 :
all the money in the US is fictional it is simply debt on debt our money is simply worth anything because of govt says it is after we went off of the gold standard so it really doesn't matter its not bad to be in debt. also haiti was the major economic trader with france in the 1760-1800s and because of that they became very poor, we are helping that country because they need help in there hour of need and when the US has this huge surplus and yes we have a huge surplus we should give some aid, and simply because they think differently than you doesn't make you more right than them all people deserve life under any conditions its ignorant people like you that give us Intelligent americans a bad name ps dont blame obama for all of your and our short comings he is making the best of a bad situation maybe if all of us americans practiced a little more stable economic system insted of living on debt we wouldent be in this mess in the first place so it is all yours and my fault.
8 :
Makes pretty good sense. The U.S. helps Haiti with taxes we pay. But lately Haiti has had other disasters, that the tax money given to Haiti has been exhausted, so they are in need of help, moneywise and the U.S. wants to help. The U.S. is always looking to make other countries a part of the U.S somehow. I don't anything about Haiti but, maybe Haiti has something the U.S. could do with. plantation, maybe or another place for an area 51. We aren't in the bad shape that they are, but some of the people in the U.S. do get in bad shape when disaster strikes in their city/state, and the U.S. does help us/them then. You don't seem to have a good heart for those in need, especially in disasters. That money they are receiving, you don't really even feel it, so why think about it. You don't feel it in a way that it changes the way you are living right now. It's not as if you're going to feel as if you've just gave away your only pair of shoes, or the only car you have, or half your clothing. If you can help with some money, donate $10 or more. That's all. But too, hope you feel good now that you spoke your peace/piece of mind. The point to this is that we are all humans and do the humane thing.
Thursday, November 1, 2012
Many people say Euro National teams are the best, than why do thay have so many Forigners in their teams?
Many people say Euro National teams are the best, than why do thay have so many Forigners in their teams?
Just a contravertial question thrown out there, many Euro teams such as the french team fro example are MOSTLY Forign players and imagrants. So are the euro teams the best or are the forigners from Africa and south america making those teams what they are. some peole think that the Euro teams thanks to money are steeling Africa and South america's best players. what are ur thoughts
FIFA World Cup(TM) - 5 Answers
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They have gotten scouts to go to different countris and they find good players and put them on their team.
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foreigners*
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NO FOREIGNERS IN NATIONAL TEAM . FOREIGNERS TO TEAM IN NATIONAL CHAMPIOSHIPS WHERE IS A FOREIGNER IN FRENCH TEAM ? I'M FRENCH
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It keeps money circulating around the game. Also if a youth player breaks into a team the agent doesn't get a big signing on fee like they do if they sign a foreign player.Most prem managers son's are agents so it's in their families best interest to sign foreign players.
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That is like in every sports not only by soccer's. The players some of them coming from foreign countries. The team they are playing in it is that for that country. I think this is great. I wish like by the sports everybody on the world have more respect each other. This is why I love also the Olympics. They all look like a big TEAM.... Wonderful.
Just a contravertial question thrown out there, many Euro teams such as the french team fro example are MOSTLY Forign players and imagrants. So are the euro teams the best or are the forigners from Africa and south america making those teams what they are. some peole think that the Euro teams thanks to money are steeling Africa and South america's best players. what are ur thoughts
FIFA World Cup(TM) - 5 Answers
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They have gotten scouts to go to different countris and they find good players and put them on their team.
2 :
foreigners*
3 :
NO FOREIGNERS IN NATIONAL TEAM . FOREIGNERS TO TEAM IN NATIONAL CHAMPIOSHIPS WHERE IS A FOREIGNER IN FRENCH TEAM ? I'M FRENCH
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It keeps money circulating around the game. Also if a youth player breaks into a team the agent doesn't get a big signing on fee like they do if they sign a foreign player.Most prem managers son's are agents so it's in their families best interest to sign foreign players.
5 :
That is like in every sports not only by soccer's. The players some of them coming from foreign countries. The team they are playing in it is that for that country. I think this is great. I wish like by the sports everybody on the world have more respect each other. This is why I love also the Olympics. They all look like a big TEAM.... Wonderful.
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