From the Archives: In today’s globalized society, many athletes playing for national teams are citizens of the world more than of a single country.
, who immigrated at the age of 12 to play and was naturalized at 18—just in time to represent Brazil at the London Olympics.touches a sensitive chord. Some critics question why athletes should have an easier path to citizenship than other immigrants. Others paint the athletes as greedy money-grubbers or as turncoats who have betrayed their nation of origin.
What has happened leading up to the Rio Olympics is merely an example of practices that permeate global sport as a whole. Team sports with vast global audiences, such as football and rugby, experienced a spike in athlete mobility starting in the 1990s when the revenues from TV rights skyrocketed, some clubs and teams became for-profit corporations, and the salaries and transfer fees of athletes began to increase dramatically.
Tevita Kuridrani, originally from Fiji, currently plays for both Australia’s Brumbies in Super Rugby and Australia’s international team, which qualified for the 2016 Olympics.Many of the athletes imported from the global south send their money back home. They often carry on their shoulders the hopes of many for a better life. Niko Besnier became well-acquainted with a professional rugby player from Tonga who was playing in Japan.
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