FATPimP Posted March 30, 2011 Share Posted March 30, 2011 This is insane... And now my first team GK gone for a few weeks and I got Champions League coming up. That's ****** up :\ Anybody else got this...? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jxd Posted March 30, 2011 Share Posted March 30, 2011 You can have 3 overage players in the Olympics squad. But yes, mid season international tournaments are killers, for this reason I try not to sign many Africans. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlesbeams Posted March 30, 2011 Share Posted March 30, 2011 I think the U-23 are allowed to pick maybe 2 or 3 players over 23 for certain competitions Not 100% sure on that though Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biscotti Posted March 30, 2011 Share Posted March 30, 2011 You can have 3 overage players in the Olympics squad. This is correct, The U23s rule is in place because the Olympics is an amateur competition, so in order to get Football accepted as a sport for the Olympics they needed to put some restrictions in place. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
FATPimP Posted March 30, 2011 Author Share Posted March 30, 2011 Ohh I see. Didn't know that. Anyway Its still ****** up Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dezeman Posted March 30, 2011 Share Posted March 30, 2011 Well the Olympics were an amateur competition, nowadays NBA players compete and pretty much every athlete competing is also professional. The under 23 rule has more to do with the fact that FIFA doesn't want another competition competing with its World Cup and the fact that the international football agenda is already pretty full. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biscotti Posted March 30, 2011 Share Posted March 30, 2011 There's a difference between an athlete being sponsored and being professional. Personally I think it's all semantics anyway and they might as well be professionals As for the FIFA thing, that's pretty likely too. It would also play real havoc on the schedules of summer league countries. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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