Is national association the deciding factor in a teams make-up as in the Olympics?
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The world cup teams are put together by citizens of each nation.  This is usually based off of the country of origin of the player.  But some players that have played in an international league for an extended period of time can get citizenship in that country thus allowing them to play for that country or their country of birth.
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Each country is able to submit a team of performers....usually it's only three per event, but I guess sometimes its more.  Despite this, each athlete usually goes through qualifier rounds just to get to the finals..in which case you don't usually see more than 3 athletes per country.  They send three because the Olympics rewards three spots...Gold, Silver, and Bronze.  So rather than competing for the top spot, athletes compete for all three spots.  It's about being the world's best athlete...not the world's best athletic country.
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U.S.  They are working on chemistry and should be a great "team".  Notice "team", not a bunch of selfish nba stars.
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The formula you mention would be correct.  However, you have to realize that this would be an estimation.  The only way it works for sure is if all the leading teams players do EXACTLY what they did last year, which is highly unlikely.
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yes. we want our country to participate also.\n\nThe more number of teams and groups, the more complicated the game. This increases our interest in the game.\n\nthats wat we think
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That would put an odd number of teams in each league.  An even number is needed in order for each team to be playing regularly.
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If they choose to compete as separate nations, that's fine.  Besides, a UK team would be dominated by the English, so what benefit would Scottish, Northern Irish, and Welsh players get?
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What they would need to do is divert resources into athletics facilities and provide financing for athletes to allow them to continue to train for the various events.  \nBe selective in which events you choose to support so that you are not in direct competition with some of the world's superpowers.
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Each team has several statisticians. There are also software programs that have been developed for each sport to make the process easier-it sounds cheesy, but its really intense.\nMost teams share their statistics using their software programs, or over the internet.
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That is quite a stretch there but the way it works now is that an Olympic athlete can be replaced by another top finisher from the same nation. But if there were no available candidates then the specific sport would be listed as having no winners.
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Given Bruce Arenas comments prior to the competion, showing little respect & lots of arrogance, every foul, penalty & card against TEAM USA was justified\n\nHaving said that.........\n\nRef standards have been poor during the competition.  The refs seem to be erring on the side of caution & protecting the self christened stars of the game.  Given the $$ at stake FIFA should consider introducing video ref (especially for decisions in the penalty box).
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I agree with him. When your playing a sport that teams only score 1 or even no goals, you pretty much have it won considering the fact that its like 90 something percent that a team that goals first will win or tie. Although im not saying its not possible because its happened.
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I don't believe there are shades of teamwork.  There either is teamwork or there isn't.  By definition, a team is a group of diverse individuals each performing specific, assigned tasks.  The team depends on each individual commited to doing his task. If any one individual fails, the team fails. The better the individuals perform, the better the team performs.  I believe the last point is where you perceive teamwork to vary, it's actually performance that varies.  This applies to all types of teams, not just sports.
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Each team is different.
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Talent is a big part of it.  However, its not the only part and maybe not even the most important.  I would say DESIRE is a big one.  Intelligence is, too, or at least understanding the sport and its inner workings.
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It depends what sport you're looking to try out for. If its a speed sport, than chances are there's a national qualifying time you have to make to get on to the olympic team. If you think you're ale to beat mathe the qualifying time, you'd have to contact that sports' organization, like us athletics, or swim US, for example.
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The USA don't get to play many competitive games that affect their rating outside of their own group region and because the quality of their opposition is lacking, then they win a lot which gives them the points to move up in the rankings. For instance, if Scotland or Wales were regularly placed in groups that contained teams made up of dead people, girls and the elderly then they would shoot up the rankings also. Mind up, they probably still would struggle in some of those games.