Russia banned from Winter Olympics

[DR Strangemoosh]

I wonder how jacked they will be on the 14th June against the 8-0ers.

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2017/dec/05/russian-olympic-committee-banned-winter-games-doping

[Persian-Pride87]

That is awesome! They are such massive cheaters. They have no integrity.

[Paradigm]

They do have clean athletes that will be penalized by the blanket ban. I wonder if Iran could give a couple of them dual citizenship and contend for a medal or two!

[Ata]

They do have clean athletes that will be penalized by the blanket ban. I wonder if Iran could give a couple of them dual citizenship and contend for a medal or two!

Iran is not like turks/arabs, we dont buy athletes. only if the live in iran or marry an iranian they can get citizenship.

[Paradigm]

Iran is not like turks/arabs, we dont buy athletes. only if the live in iran or marry an iranian they can get citizenship.

Is this a pride issue? As a matter of fact I ran a local poll online here in San Diego about the same thing and only got 17% yes votes. Looks like my thinking style many times fits that of an outlier. In a nutshell, I consider the ends to be more valuable than the means, as long as no illegal or unethical action is involved. In this case, if there exists a colossal shortcoming in a sports area, we reach out to resources that help remedy it. I don't mind if Iran develops a small but viable winter athletics program in conjunction with a few Russian dual citizens.