D1 college soccer under threat

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20.9.3.2 Minimum Awards. A member of Division I shall provide institutional financial assistance that equals one of the following:

after which are several options and an escape clause that allows all financial aid, including Federal Pell grants, to be counted in the same basket with athletic scholarships.

 
MacDre said:
That’s my point, I have a British passport. So my kid has a British passport and can play for a UK team the same way those men can play for the USA-they have valid passports and are US citizens through their fathers. She’s just as eligible to play in the UK as she is the USA.
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That's not necessarily true. My player has 3 citizenships but not eligible to play for one of those countries under FIFA rules.
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Yak said:
That's not necessarily true. My player has 3 citizenships but not eligible to play for one of those countries under FIFA rules.
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I think I still apply under the plain meaning of the statue because my grandparents were born in the UK.
However, I do wonder how they are defining has “lived”on the territory. It seems this is a very low bar for someone that has valid passport to show they have merely lived somewhere for 2 years.
 
MacDre said:
I think I still apply under the plain meaning of the statue because my grandparents were born in the UK.
However, I do wonder how they are defining has “lived”on the territory. It seems this is a very low bar for someone that has valid passport to show they have merely lived somewhere for 2 years.
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Tell us about France again.
 
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espola said:
Tell us about France again.
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Not sure about France. I just know my wife’s family has strong ties to France. However, I suspect for example, that if my kid studied French in France for 2 years that she would qualify for expedited French citizenship due to strong familial ties.
 
MacDre said:
I think I still apply under the plain meaning of the statue because my grandparents were born in the UK.
However, I do wonder how they are defining has “lived”on the territory. It seems this is a very low bar for someone that has valid passport to show they have merely lived somewhere for 2 years.
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Clearly reads that the player's grandparent must be born in the particular country, not the player's parent's grandparent.

Agree that the 2 year requirement is the one criterion that is controllable.
 
Yak said:
Clearly reads that the player's grandparent must be born in the particular country, not the player's parent's grandparent.

Agree that the 2 year requirement is the one criterion that is controllable.
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Define “grandparent” too. Seems ambiguous to me-clear as mud.
 
MacDre said:
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Not sure about France. I just know my wife’s family has strong ties to France. However, I suspect for example, that if my kid studied French in France for 2 years that she would qualify for expedited French citizenship due to strong familial ties.
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Familial ties? The French left Canada about 1760. Do your ties go back that far?
 
espola said:
Familial ties? The French left Canada about 1760. Do your ties go back that far?
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I’m not sure; but she currently has lots of family in Nova Scotia and France.

I understand Spain is not France but Mexicans or Colombians can receive expedited Spanish citizenship due to being citizens of a former Spanish colony.
 
MacDre said:
I’m not sure; but she currently has lots of family in Nova Scotia and France.

I understand Spain is not France but Mexicans or Colombians can receive expedited Spanish citizenship due to being citizens of a former Spanish colony.
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Really? how interesting...I never knew that. What about other countries, including central and south american countries that were colonized by Spain (if there are/were any)?
 
SoccerJones said:
Really? how interesting...I never knew that. What about other countries, including central and south american countries that were colonized by Spain (if there are/were any)?
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I believe it applies to ALL former Spanish colonies and Brazil. I think Diego Costa is an example of a Brazilian that qualified.
 
espola said:
Portugal does it too?
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I’m not sure. But most countries have a process where you can appeal to the discretion of immigration officials for citizenship.
I don’t think a talented Brazilian would have much difficulty attaining citizenship from Portugal. Maybe the issue has yet to be raised because most Latin American players have gravitated towards Spain.
 
dad4 said:
Portugal was part of Spain for a while, from 1580 to 1640. During that time, Brazil was Spanish.

Not sure that fact alone is enough to let me play for Spanish national team, but I can dream.
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The Treaty of Tordesillas in 1494, negotiated by Pope Alexander VI, awarded east-coast Brazil to Portugal. They eventually expanded westward since there was no real opposition from other European colonialists in the Amazon Basin.
 
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