On Thu, 2 Nov 2000, Kretsch Kenneth wrote:

> Some countries trying to field national teams in sports that are popular in
> the US offer roster spots to Americans who are descendent from immigrants
> from the country.

Is that actually true?  I was under the impression that only worked in
cases of dual citizenship.  At any rate the same also occurs with
e.g., New Zealand-Welsh players on the Welsh Rugby team.

                                          John Whelan, Cornell '91
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Consider the alternative: http://slack.net/~whelan/cgi-bin/tbrw.cgi?kpairwise