Athlete from THE commercial dropped from Olympic team

[nledec]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/wor...Falklands-advert-to-miss-London-Olympics.html

 

[GS_Dirtboy]

Just to clarify, I think he was dropped from the first round of the prelim games.

Relatedly, I was wondering if the UK could have some recourse against this athlete. Not sure how he got onto the islands to shoot the video but there could be an immigration violation. If so, I guess the UK could deny him entrance into the country for the Games. Someone who know specifically about The Falklands could address that.

 

[scotttswan]

Just to clarify, I think he was dropped from the first round of the prelim games.

Relatedly, I was wondering if the UK could have some recourse against this athlete. Not sure how he got onto the islands to shoot the video but there could be an immigration violation. If so, I guess the UK could deny him entrance into the country for the Games. Someone who know specifically about The Falklands could address that.

Argentinians like many other nationalities do not need a visa for visiting the islands but I presume he broke some labour laws as he was "working" on the islands without a permit.

Still he should be let in the country if his team deem him good enough. The UK should continue to take the high road in this.

The fact that the Argie government has blocked the imports of training equipment for various Argentine sports men means they are heavily disadvantaged as it is! I read that they were told they need to export items of equal value!

 

[surfing]

Argentinians like many other nationalities do not need a visa for visiting the islands but I presume he broke some labour laws as he was "working" on the islands without a permit.

Still he should be let in the country if his team deem him good enough. The UK should continue to take the high road in this.

The fact that the Argie government has blocked the imports of training equipment for various Argentine sports men means they are heavily disadvantaged as it is! I read that they were told they need to export items of equal value!

"The fact that the Argie government has blocked the imports of training equipment for various Argentine sports men means they are heavily disadvantaged as it is! I read that they were told they need to export items of equal value!"

Yeah --- how 'bout that one?

 

[scotttswan]

"The fact that the Argie government has blocked the imports of training equipment for various Argentine sports men means they are heavily disadvantaged as it is! I read that they were told they need to export items of equal value!"

Yeah --- how 'bout that one?

http://en.mercopress.com/2012/05/07...e-olympic-team-spirit-warns-athletes-delegate

Curuchet also questions the very strap line: “The spot says we are training in the Islands but in reality many of the athletes can’t even train here because all the equipment and materials remain retained by Customs since 9 October”.


The retained equipment valued in almost 8 million dollars has been claimed on several occasions before but on this time given the media impact of the spot and its consequences apparently some time next week it will be liberated.


“There are bicycles, oars, GPS, special tracks, mostly state of the art equipment, to better train and compete in equal conditions with athletes from other countries. Most of our boys are training with the old stuff, if they have it”, revealed Curuchet, who added an incredible ingredient to the anecdote.


“When I talked with Sports Secretary (Claudio Morresi) he told me that to receive goods purchased from overseas, the athletes would have to export to help compensate Argentina’s trade balance. It’s a joke I said: what are we going to export: athletes, quality, names, brands, images, I don’t know, I asked him please enlighten me”, confessed Curuchet.


The athletes delegate added the situation was also particularly bemusing and even humorous since the Argentine government in 2009 signed a law creating the Sports High Performance Office, with sufficient funds from a levy on mobile phone calls precisely to promote sports and Argentine participation in international events.

 

[GS_Dirtboy]

Still he should be let in the country if his team deem him good enough. The UK should continue to take the high road in this.

I completely agree. Keep the Games free. Let athletes be athletes. On the same point, I'd be very disappointed (for everyone) if Argentine competitors showed up with the image of the Malvinas/Falklands on their jerseys.

 

[Napoleon]

“When I talked with Sports Secretary (Claudio Morresi) he told me that to receive goods purchased from overseas, the athletes would have to export to help compensate Argentina’s trade balance. It’s a joke I said: what are we going to export: athletes, quality, names, brands, images, I don’t know, I asked him please enlighten me”, confessed Curuchet.

Argentina "exports" millions of dollars in soccer players every year. That's "sports" related. They should have hooked up with AFA and claimed the value of a player or two against their equipment in Aduana.

Not enough "thinking outside the box" here.

 

[ghost]

Argentina "exports" millions of dollars in soccer players every year. That's "sports" related. They should have hooked up with AFA and claimed the value of a player or two against their equipment in Aduana.

Not enough "thinking outside the box" here.

Right.
Every time the Queen decrees another dictum we discover how poorly thought out they usually are. Simple logic would make an allowance for the national Olympic teams. It's just a sad joke.
Dumb and dumber.

 

[ElQueso]

Right.
Every time the Queen decrees another dictum we discover how poorly thought out they usually are. Simple logic would make an allowance for the national Olympic teams. It's just a sad joke.
Dumb and dumber.

Even in an oversight on such an allowance, they should be prepared to approve and enact exceptions quickly as needed, with a simple request for somethng as big as a national Olympics team.

I thought it was funny in the article where they quote a source from the Casa Rosada saying "Under no circumstances will we be pulling the advert. We are pleased with the impact it has had."

Given the idiocy with getting equipment in through customs for their national team and the statement above, they obviously don't think they have much of a chance in the Games with their hockey team. I mean not only have they started off slowly getting trained (and not just hockey, obviously, with the lack of equipment), but they shot their team in the foot by knocking their captain out of some games.

Maybe the effect they're going after is not honest, open competition, but being a victim in order to excuse getting their arses creamed in the Olympic games by pointing to the "unnecessary furor" caused by a non-political statement, since it's so obviously a fact that the Falklands are Argentine that it couldn't possibly be policital, victimized because their star player was unable to play. Que pena.

Heh.

Tongue in cheeck, of course, but who knows?