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The IFA up north have started to complain about Northern born players opting to play for the Republic ahead of Northern Ireland. They say it puts them at a disadvantage but who are they to dictate what nationality a person sees themselves as and what choice they make?
Current rules say that anyone born on the Island of Ireland can play for the Republic , because if someone up north considers themselves 100% Irish then they probably would not feel comfortable playing for a British entity , so have the IFA a right to dictate to players who they should play for or should the players allowed to do what they want?
With this complaint do you think they have a leg to stand on?
I don't want to get too political but isn't this case they're putting stamp all over a particular agreement made in the Good Friday Agreement about national identity?|||Stop! There is enough politics in football as it is! :)
Players will tend to go where the money is! I guess that says it all. If all the best Irish players are in the South then they stand a better chance of winning too. The only thing better than money is winning...
It seems the athletes identify with being Irish, as opposed to being a political captive of the North or South of Ireland? I do not pretend to know the grievances of both sides. But, it actually sounds like it might be a very positive trend for all of Ireland itself!|||They're just mad that the Republic are ten times better than them, hence the good players born in NI would rather play for a team that has a chance at winning a game against the Top 10 Nations in the world.
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