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Posted on 8/5/24 at 4:22 pm to Bert Macklin FBI
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No they didn't.
...but they did, hence why they are competing for that country.
Tremont could very easily be playing for the USA 3x3 team right now if he wanted to.
Posted on 8/5/24 at 4:24 pm to poochie
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That's absolutely fine, he can go do whatever he wants. But the circle jerk around here for him is pathetic.
Agreed! It's laughable that people throw shade at anyone that makes a comment on this. God forbid if anyone has anything to say other than wanting to jerk off Mondo. He can kick fricking rocks! Fact, anyone not wearing the three letters on their uniforms USA can kick fricking rocks!
This post was edited on 8/5/24 at 4:28 pm
Posted on 8/5/24 at 4:24 pm to bertderouen
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USATF gives zero fricks about pole vault or field events in general.
Which sucks. I love things like javelin, high jump, shot put, etc. I like track AND field.
I'd rather watch any of them than synchronized swimming or trampoline jumping.
Posted on 8/5/24 at 4:26 pm to Broski
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...but they did, hence why they are competing for that country.
No they didn't. to have a choice, there has to be another option.
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Tremont could very easily be playing for the USA 3x3 team right now if he wanted to.
No he couldn't without making a career change. You have to qualify by playing 3x3 tournaments that you can't really win unless you stop playing professional 5x5 basketball. Its why there aren't any NBA players in the tournament.
This post was edited on 8/5/24 at 4:27 pm
Posted on 8/5/24 at 4:26 pm to poochie
This is an LSU board not a USA board.
Posted on 8/5/24 at 4:26 pm to poochie
What a horrible take. 
Posted on 8/5/24 at 4:29 pm to Bert Macklin FBI
Posted on 8/5/24 at 4:31 pm to Bert Macklin FBI
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No they didn't. to have a choice, there has to be another option.
The other option is to rep your birth country and participate in lower level events and try to qualify for the trials
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No he couldn't without making a career change. You have to qualify by playing 3x3 tournaments that you can't really win unless you stop playing professional 5x5 basketball. Its why there aren't any NBA players in the tournament.
Jimmer Fredette was on the 3x3 team.
You're trying so hard, but you're just wrong here.
Again, they chose different countries. Just because they wouldn't have made the USA team doesn't mean they were forced to choose a different country. They can still rep team USA without being in the Olympics.
Posted on 8/5/24 at 4:34 pm to bertderouen
Ryan Crouser is worth an estimated 7 million dollars. The notion that Mondo is far richer and so popular is a myth. Not sure how that ever got started
Mondo himself laid out the reasons :his dad is his coach and qualification process is easier
That doesn’t make him a bad guy. But this re-writing of history of how better Sweden makes it for him over America simply isn’t there either. It’s people trying to over compensate for mondo hate
Mondo himself laid out the reasons :his dad is his coach and qualification process is easier
That doesn’t make him a bad guy. But this re-writing of history of how better Sweden makes it for him over America simply isn’t there either. It’s people trying to over compensate for mondo hate
Posted on 8/5/24 at 4:37 pm to poochie
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poochie
Team USA pole vaulting doesn't deserve mondo. If people actually listened to his parents explain why he's on team Sweden they wouldn't start these terrible threads every year.
Mondo is the worlds greatest pole vaulter of all time.
Posted on 8/5/24 at 4:41 pm to poochie
He's been competing for them for years now. Why the outrage now? Did you just realize that?
Posted on 8/5/24 at 4:42 pm to poochie
He wins a gold medal and then goes home to a fine Swedish chick. You get your vagina hurt on a message board. You are not the same.
Posted on 8/5/24 at 4:44 pm to Broski
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The other option is to rep your birth country and participate in lower level events and try to qualify for the trials
If you say so... That would be like a Louisiana kid not taking an Ole Miss offer because LSU didn't offer them. Sure its an option I guess but not really.
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Jimmer Fredette was on the 3x3 team.
Does not play in the NBA and has focused on qualifying for the Olympics in 3x3. Here is an article that proves he gave up 5x5 basketball to play 3x3 back in 2022.
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Again, they chose different countries. Just because they wouldn't have made the USA team doesn't mean they were forced to choose a different country. They can still rep team USA without being in the Olympics.
Yeah but context matters. A guy shoots another person and they are guilty of murder UNLESS that person started shooting at them first then its self defense. Every athletes circumstances aren't the same and therefore how they are viewed is not the same.
Mondo had a choice US or Sweden. These other athletes did not have that choice and you acting like their situations are the same is ridiculous.
Its like saying that a guy from Louisiana had a choice to not play in the NFL if he couldn't play for the Saints. Its just a dumb argument. Obviously playing is better for their career than not playing , no matter who it is for. Mondo could have played either way. His choice and theirs isn't remotely the same.
This post was edited on 8/5/24 at 4:48 pm
Posted on 8/5/24 at 4:49 pm to bertderouen
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You can't buy groceries with "national pride," my dude
I have never once said that Mondo made the wrong choice. My argument is that I can see why some might disagree with him and that his choice is in no way shape or form the same as 99% of US athletes that compete for other countries.
This post was edited on 8/5/24 at 4:50 pm
Posted on 8/5/24 at 4:52 pm to poochie
I'm ambivalent (as every American Tiger fan should be). Happy for him personally, I guess, but who really gives a shite?!
James Carville went to LSU, but I don't cheer fror him
James Carville went to LSU, but I don't cheer fror him
Posted on 8/5/24 at 4:53 pm to lsupride87
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Mondo himself laid out the reasons :his dad is his coach and qualification process is easier
18/19 year old who was trying to crack the top 10 in the sport at the time, this is a good reason yes?
Posted on 8/5/24 at 5:00 pm to poochie
I pull for my country during the Olympics. If he was competing against an American, I’d be pulling for the American.
Posted on 8/5/24 at 5:00 pm to ell_13
quote:Yes
18/19 year old who was trying to crack the top 10 in the sport at the time, this is a good reason yes?
I have never once given mondo any grief or said his decision doesn’t make sense
Posted on 8/5/24 at 5:01 pm to poochie
100% agree. But too many here are afraid to say it. If it were up to me he’d have his citizenship revoked at once
This post was edited on 8/5/24 at 5:03 pm
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