Comments on: Closing Comments on Ashkan Dejagah http://bundesliga.theoffside.com/1-bundesliga/closing-comments-on-ashkan-dejagah.html News from The German Bundesliga Sun, 12 Feb 2012 08:54:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Jan http://bundesliga.theoffside.com/1-bundesliga/closing-comments-on-ashkan-dejagah.html#comment-1378 Jan Mon, 22 Oct 2007 14:50:58 +0000 http://bundesliga.theoffside.com/international/national-team/closing-comments-on-ashkan-dejagah.html#comment-1378 Hoyland: Good question. I never paid enough attention to cases similar to this one to come up with other precedents right out of my head. There are certainly enough pairings that are critical. Though finding one as charged as the mix of Israel, Iran and Germany would be difficult. Chris: Thx, and sorry some of your comments keep ending up in the spam filter. Hoyland: Good question. I never paid enough attention to cases similar to this one to come up with other precedents right out of my head. There are certainly enough pairings that are critical. Though finding one as charged as the mix of Israel, Iran and Germany would be difficult.

Chris: Thx, and sorry some of your comments keep ending up in the spam filter.

]]> By: Chris Murphy http://bundesliga.theoffside.com/1-bundesliga/closing-comments-on-ashkan-dejagah.html#comment-1376 Chris Murphy Mon, 22 Oct 2007 13:36:29 +0000 http://bundesliga.theoffside.com/international/national-team/closing-comments-on-ashkan-dejagah.html#comment-1376 Good roundup Jan. Good roundup Jan.

]]> By: Hoyland http://bundesliga.theoffside.com/1-bundesliga/closing-comments-on-ashkan-dejagah.html#comment-1361 Hoyland Sun, 21 Oct 2007 07:20:19 +0000 http://bundesliga.theoffside.com/international/national-team/closing-comments-on-ashkan-dejagah.html#comment-1361 I haven't been following this too closely, but one thing I have been wondering and haven't seen addressed is whether a similar, but perhaps less politically charged, situation has arisen before. It's not that uncommon for a player playing for one country to have some sort of ties to another (be it the player's birthplace or the birthplace of their parents), and I assume it's not that uncommon for countries to have travel restrictions for their citizens. Certainly, another factor is whether the objecting government would actually do anything if the player were to go. (I'm also now wondering what would happen if the US and Cuba were drawn into the same qualifying group. Maybe it has happened before, I don't know. Cuban sports teams come to the US from time to time, but I don't remember a US team going to Cuba. Granted, I think Jimmy Carter went to Cuba in the last few years, and I don't think there was serious objection.) I haven’t been following this too closely, but one thing I have been wondering and haven’t seen addressed is whether a similar, but perhaps less politically charged, situation has arisen before. It’s not that uncommon for a player playing for one country to have some sort of ties to another (be it the player’s birthplace or the birthplace of their parents), and I assume it’s not that uncommon for countries to have travel restrictions for their citizens. Certainly, another factor is whether the objecting government would actually do anything if the player were to go.

(I’m also now wondering what would happen if the US and Cuba were drawn into the same qualifying group. Maybe it has happened before, I don’t know. Cuban sports teams come to the US from time to time, but I don’t remember a US team going to Cuba. Granted, I think Jimmy Carter went to Cuba in the last few years, and I don’t think there was serious objection.)

]]> By: Lubaba http://bundesliga.theoffside.com/1-bundesliga/closing-comments-on-ashkan-dejagah.html#comment-1359 Lubaba Sat, 20 Oct 2007 22:55:42 +0000 http://bundesliga.theoffside.com/international/national-team/closing-comments-on-ashkan-dejagah.html#comment-1359 That was a good final point. The media only ever pays attention to the negative. That was a good final point. The media only ever pays attention to the negative.

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