Nigerians competing for other countries

[Damunk]

What a weird thread. You guys need to go to sleep. Stalking foreigners and claiming them because they have atleast one parent who was born in Nigeria is a sign of desperation, go and develop your own talent and stop waiting on foreigners to do your work for you.

I dont think you quite get the point.
Its not about claiming or stalking 'Nigerian' athletes groomed by other countries, but about putting our own sports authorities under pressure to force them to answer why they are not doing what they are being paid to do.
In short, if other countries are able to groom these athletes to Olympic level from a far smaller pool, then what on earth are we doing with a whole country of 150m and an athletic pool probably 10,000 times bigger?

I know they say these people are shameless, but we should continue to shame them with the facts regardless, until it is pushed onto a major political platform.

[Bigpokey24]

they can represent planet mars, but regardless they all still have Nigerian blood... kudos to them wish them the best as well

[cchinukw]

Lawrence Okoye is in the discuss final

[mcal]

....until stories like these saturate Nigerian dailies and shame the thieves at the top, it's gonna be samething as usual.

Did you say shame and naija thieves in the same sentence?? Naija is the only country where public officials refuse to resign even after being caught stealing or what have you....shame ke? they have no shame o.....

...if this kind story pepperped on the papers daily eventually shame go set in.

[Player]

Met Anthony Joshua recently, cool kid, he even nack some broken small, went to boarding school in Naija

[heavyd]

What a weird thread. You guys need to go to sleep. Stalking foreigners and claiming them because they have atleast one parent who was born in Nigeria is a sign of desperation, go and develop your own talent and stop waiting on foreigners to do your work for you.

I dont think you quite get the point.
Its not about claiming or stalking 'Nigerian' athletes groomed by other countries, but about putting our own sports authorities under pressure to force them to answer why they are not doing what they are being paid to do.
In short, if other countries are able to groom these athletes to Olympic level from a far smaller pool, then what on earth are we doing with a whole country of 150m and an athletic pool probably 10,000 times bigger?

I know they say these people are shameless, but we should continue to shame them with the facts regardless, until it is pushed onto a major political platform.

Kpom!!

thats the exact reason i started the thread.

[Player]

What a weird thread. You guys need to go to sleep. Stalking foreigners and claiming them because they have atleast one parent who was born in Nigeria is a sign of desperation, go and develop your own talent and stop waiting on foreigners to do your work for you.

I dont think you quite get the point.
Its not about claiming or stalking 'Nigerian' athletes groomed by other countries, but about putting our own sports authorities under pressure to force them to answer why they are not doing what they are being paid to do.
In short, if other countries are able to groom these athletes to Olympic level from a far smaller pool, then what on earth are we doing with a whole country of 150m and an athletic pool probably 10,000 times bigger?

I know they say these people are shameless, but we should continue to shame them with the facts regardless, until it is pushed onto a major political platform.

Kpom!!

thats the exact reason i started the thread.

Some people just dont understand....

[Dodo]

What a weird thread. You guys need to go to sleep. Stalking foreigners and claiming them because they have atleast one parent who was born in Nigeria is a sign of desperation, go and develop your own talent and stop waiting on foreigners to do your work for you.

I dont think you quite get the point.
Its not about claiming or stalking 'Nigerian' athletes groomed by other countries, but about putting our own sports authorities under pressure to force them to answer why they are not doing what they are being paid to do.
In short, if other countries are able to groom these athletes to Olympic level from a far smaller pool, then what on earth are we doing with a whole country of 150m and an athletic pool probably 10,000 times bigger?

I know they say these people are shameless, but we should continue to shame them with the facts regardless, until it is pushed onto a major political platform.

Kpom!!

thats the exact reason i started the thread.

Some people just dont understand....

[Oba]

What a weird thread. You guys need to go to sleep. Stalking foreigners and claiming them because they have atleast one parent who was born in Nigeria is a sign of desperation, go and develop your own talent and stop waiting on foreigners to do your work for you.

I dont think you quite get the point.
Its not about claiming or stalking 'Nigerian' athletes groomed by other countries, but about putting our own sports authorities under pressure to force them to answer why they are not doing what they are being paid to do.
In short, if other countries are able to groom these athletes to Olympic level from a far smaller pool, then what on earth are we doing with a whole country of 150m and an athletic pool probably 10,000 times bigger?

I know they say these people are shameless, but we should continue to shame them with the facts regardless, until it is pushed onto a major political platform.

Now, that is what is called, 'end of discussion'.

[mcal]

What a weird thread. You guys need to go to sleep. Stalking foreigners and claiming them because they have atleast one parent who was born in Nigeria is a sign of desperation, go and develop your own talent and stop waiting on foreigners to do your work for you.

I dont think you quite get the point.
Its not about claiming or stalking 'Nigerian' athletes groomed by other countries, but about putting our own sports authorities under pressure to force them to answer why they are not doing what they are being paid to do.
In short, if other countries are able to groom these athletes to Olympic level from a far smaller pool, then what on earth are we doing with a whole country of 150m and an athletic pool probably 10,000 times bigger?

I know they say these people are shameless, but we should continue to shame them with the facts regardless, until it is pushed onto a major political platform.

Kpom!!

thats the exact reason i started the thread.

Some people just dont understand....

...some people don't want sand in their egunje/bribe garri. Nigeria mentality.

[Damunk]

Jujuman, did you put this photolist together yourelf or did you lift it from somewhere?
Because I think this should be made into a huge story in Nigerian newspapers after the Olympics when the post-mortem investigations begin...
Not that difficult.

lol ...no o, i lifted it from facebook

Jujuman, abeg can you detail me the FB link. I just want to know what the feedback is like. I'm seriousy thinking of putting a newspaper article together after the Olympics but I need a few references to help mould the article and capture the public mood.

[fabio]

Speaking of egunje. One of the main reason Francis Obikelwu (sp) started competing for Portugal. Francis was dropped from the olympics team, because his rival in the Nigerian agreed to share his escatode with an official. (Francis posted a faster time, than his rival).

[Damunk]

Speaking of egunje. One of the main reason Francis Obikelwu (sp) started competing for Portugal. Francis was dropped from the olympics team, because his rival in the Nigerian agreed to share his escatode with an official. (Francis posted a faster time, than his rival).

Is this a verified fact or just 'dem say'?

[ogiso]

I don't think this is a weird thread at all. The number of athletes of Nigerian descent competing for other countries is worthy of note and tells a story. It also begs the question as to why they are not representing Nigeria. We have such a vast pool but yet they are not representing Nigeria. One clue: I am a parent whose kids hold two passports. My heart is truly Nigerian, but if the choice arose as a parent I will advise my kids based on who I think would best develop them, take best care of them, and best appreciate them. So the end result would be .........

What a weird thread. You guys need to go to sleep. Stalking foreigners and claiming them because they have atleast one parent who was born in Nigeria is a sign of desperation, go and develop your own talent and stop waiting on foreigners to do your work for you.

[chendosplastic]

Jujuman, did you put this photolist together yourelf or did you lift it from somewhere?
Because I think this should be made into a huge story in Nigerian newspapers after the Olympics when the post-mortem investigations begin...
Not that difficult.

Just a minor correction - Francis Obikwelu - Portugal not Spain.