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Keep TEAM USA American

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Candice Raines
9 years ago

US Citizenship should be required. Reinstate the rule for US Citizenship requirements.

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Anonymous
9 years ago

Crazy! Why this even has to be fought for? This globalism nonsense is invasive!

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Mickey Kervin
9 years ago Featured

It's bad enough the athletes have to fund most of the expenses for travel. Now they have to compete with people that are not allowed to go to the Olympics. This rule change is a bad move for our citizen atheletes, and their family's.

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Nathan Spray
9 years ago

Citizenship should be a requirement

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Lauren Buswell
9 years ago

Only US citizens can represent the USA in sport competition.

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JOHNNY PAUL
9 years ago

Require US Citizenship for placement on the United States Archery Team (USAT); Require US Citizenship to earn a National Ranking; Require US Citizenship to be eligible for USOC athlete support programs; Require US Citizenship to be eligible to shoot for a National Title, and Require US Citizenship to be eligible to hold National Records.

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Patricia Crook
9 years ago

Keep USA sports for American athletes! How can anyone represent a country you are not a citizen of! Americans first!

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Howard Woodall
9 years ago

Keep it the way it's been!!

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Maggie Pogue
9 years ago

It's American teams.... athletes representing America should be US citizens!

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Tammy Hess
9 years ago

It is TEAM USA for a reason

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Judy Doub
9 years ago

The American team should definitely be made up of US citizens

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Collin Klimitchek
9 years ago

It's stupid that this is even an issue. It's called TEAM USA for a reason.

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Wes vickers
9 years ago

Keep the team comprised of US citizens

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Sara Martin
9 years ago

USA Archery last year changed the rules of competition to not allow international archers to compete in US events (for lots of reasons). Much of the Archery community lamented this change because of the positive aspects we all gain when the competition pool at our events contains the best shooters in the US and the world. USA Archery then came back with a ruling to allow the international shooters back in (yay). However, they also went so far as to now state that international archers can earn spots on the USA Archery Teams. This does not make sense. Only US Citizens can represent the USA in the Olympic Games and if there are Non-US Citizens on the US Teams (during Olympic and non-Olympic years) then the Non-US Citizens will be using the resource and funding that has been designated toward the training and development of athletes for competition (as a USA Athlete) in the Olympic Games. Non-US Citizens cannot compete in the Olympic Games for the US, so any resources or funding which is given to them by virtue of a spot on a USA Archery Team, is wasted as to the purpose of training and development of USA athletes for competition in the Olympic Games.

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Kim Nofel
9 years ago Featured

We love the international competition at our events which challenge us and them to perform at our best. But our teams should have our athletes, just as their teams should have their athletes.

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Steve Dickover
9 years ago

US citizens only.

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Anonymous
9 years ago

Keep TEAM USA American !!

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Lisa Miscione · petition starter
9 years ago

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