Efren played under Cesar Morales.
Problem solved.
Change his name.
The pool playing robot is not ready.
When pool can be played remotely, would it matter the country on the person's passport?
Remote control sports are growing. Mainly in the military.
I think the standard for international sports federations is five years off for a country change, but Matchroom don't take no truck with sports federations.He last played in 2020 for team Europe. If he sits out this year, then that would be 3 years in a row, and I believe he could play for USA next year. That’s what MR did with captain Johan. They benched him for 3 years and then traded him. That would be my strategy if I was MR. I’d tell fedor that privately so he won’t feel slighted.
I think the standard for international sports federations is five years off for a country change, but Matchroom don't take no truck with sports federations.
In any case, Fedor is not a US citizen and I have not seen any definite sign from him that he intends to become one. Jayson is more of a US citizen at this point than Fedor.
For playing in the World Championship, it is "passport holder", I believe. There is the problem of dual citizenship and that would be where the time between changes would come in. Some organizations have a five-year (maybe three?) transition period without playing.Do you need to be a citizen to play for the country or just identify with being a citizen there? Meaning what is "home" to you, ignoring any legal government requirement. Since pool is such an un-official sport, why not use an unofficial selection criteria for the Mosconi, going by what the player wants to be selected as. I am pretty confident of all the foreign players living in the US, Fedor is the most likely to select to play on the US team, even though Jayson and many others have moved to the US full time.
Do you need to be a citizen to play for the country or just identify with being a citizen there? Meaning what is "home" to you, ignoring any legal government requirement. Since pool is such an un-official sport, why not use an unofficial selection criteria for the Mosconi, going by what the player wants to be selected as. I am pretty confident of all the foreign players living in the US, Fedor is the most likely to select to play on the US team, even though Jayson and many others have moved to the US full time.
Done in lots of Olympic events. The United States is very well represented on many of those third-world countries' Olympic teams, as many do not have very strict requirements as to what they consider a citizen. You don't see it as much of late, but a few decades ago there were US college athletes that would be representing their ancestors' nations in the Olympics. Some even paid their own way.It's done in Hockey all the time. Some 3rd string Canadian-"Something". Will go play for "Somethings" Olympic Hockey team. Player gets to call himself an Olympian and see the sights. Some of these countries don't even have ice rinks.
Although I don't know how Fedor actually feels about Putin, Russia, and the politics of this invasion, it would seem that the US is as close to an "adopted" home as one could hope to find. what I mean is, he seems to have a strong support system based in the States, and he was able to survive, actually thrive, during his International ban.Wow, comparing those lists, USA doesn't really stand a chance against EU.
Wow, I didn't realize this. It's nice to see that Matchroom sees Fedor as eligible for Team Europe.
Please be quiet while the adults are talkingEfren played under Cesar Morales.
Problem solved.
Change his name.