[Aaron_xyz]

(Original post by HDBrowne)
No it's actually Centre

We're not American

Now you're just being pedantic, you know what I meant.

[Tomcrease]

(Original post by Mess.)


The ones that are decent are thanks to British lottery money and generally train in English centres. Would love to see whatever nonsense athletes Scotland could come up with using their own money and facilities from scratch

They would still get their money from the government as they do for everything they want to do.

University, free old age care, free prescription... Scottish Nationalist Party will always be the one for me. Then let them fund their own things

[megan.c]

(Original post by RobertAnthonySmith)
You're all misunderstanding my point. I don't want more Scots in Team GB. I'd much rather a Scotland team. Although I appreciate all your opinions. (except the one which was a blatant dig by that moderator, that slightly offended me)

Why would you much rather a Scottish team? Are we English and Welsh not good enough for you to mix with?

[Drewski]

(Original post by RobertAnthonySmith)
This just about backs up my point... 10/541... 1.8% of Team GB are Scottish.

So? If more Scottish athletes were at the level to be selected, they would be. It's not the fault of the BOA that there aren't many.

They select the best athlete for the slot. End of story.

You want to support a Scottish team? Wait for the Commonwealths.

[UMARTIAN]

(Original post by megan.c)
I think Olympic athletes are scouted from the nations top competitions in whatever sport it is they compete in, then they go on to specific Olympic trials where they find out who is the absolute best.

I'm pretty sure anyway

Thats exactly what I thought. Though some users are claiming Team GB pick more English athletes, how is that possible if a scottish person is good enough they will be in top competitions and then olympic trials, nationality has nothing to do with it. o.o

[RobertAnthonySmith]

(Original post by madders94)
... moderators are still allowed opinions, you know. Just because they moderate some of (or all of) the forums on here, doesn't mean they lose their right to an opinion, whether it's joking or not, on a topic.

Indeed. I didn't say he couldn't mock Scotland, it just offended me.

[Mr Einstein]

(Original post by HDBrowne)
Isn't Wiggins from the Isle of Man? which isn't actually Britain lol but still

He was born in Belgium lol, but really he is a Londoner!

(Original post by Aaron_xyz)
It's actually center.. get it right.

Which language are you speaking?

[RobertAnthonySmith]

(Original post by Drewski)
You want to support a Scottish team? Wait for the Commonwealths.

Gladly.

[Teatania]

(Original post by HDBrowne)
If you had a Bag of discs

53 White (England)
3 Green (Wales)
5 Blue (Scotland)
2 Orange (Northern Ireland)

what are the chances you'll pick a blue over white?

You just had to make Northern Ireland the orange disc!

The whole Team GB/Team UK/We want our own team debate doesn't bother me in the slightest. Better chance of getting medals if we pull together.

[doggyfizzel]

This has got to be a troll.

Team GB is open to anyone who is British and the athletes have to be selected based on form. Any Scottish athlete can apply, and clearly plenty have.

Why do (some) Scots have this attitude but not the Welsh?

[kierandoran]

(Original post by UMARTIAN)
10 of the 541 GB Athletes are from Scotland.
ANDY MURRAY
ANNA BENTLEY
CHRIS HOY
CHRIS LAMONT
CHRISTOPHER SHERRINGTON
COLIN FLEMING
CRAIG BENSON
DANIEL MCMILLAN
DAVID CARRY
DAVID FLORENCE


http://www.teamgb.com/athlete-search...gion_tid=10686

That's only the first 10... there's four more pages on that link.

[Drewski]

And as for representing Britain. It does. We've got athletes from England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands.

[HDBrowne]

(Original post by Aaron_xyz)
Now you're just being pedantic, you know what I meant.

Yes my 1st comment was being pedantic, however it matters, even more so when you actually have the nerve to dismiss my correction and claim you were actually correct when you were actually wrong and my correction was correct.

[Drewski]

(Original post by doggyfizzel)
This has got to be a troll.

Team GB is open to anyone who is British and the athletes have to be selected based on form. Any Scottish athlete can apply, and clearly plenty have.

Why do (some) Scots have this attitude but not the Welsh?

Can only think inferiority complex.

But again, only some of them. Am positive Hoy and Murray would say differently.

[Aaron_xyz]

(Original post by Mr Einstein)

Which language are you speaking?

The language which Wikipedia uses, apparently: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Center_(basketball)

Although I retract my statement as both are technically correct, even though one is obviously more used than the other internationally..

[RobertAnthonySmith]

(Original post by doggyfizzel)
This has got to be a troll.

Team GB is open to anyone who is British and the athletes have to be selected based on form. Any Scottish athlete can apply, and clearly plenty have.

Why do (some) Scots have this attitude but not the Welsh?

I'm not a troll. I also don't regard myself as British. I'm Scottish

[chrisawhitmore]

(Original post by HDBrowne)
Isn't Wiggins from the Isle of Man? which isn't actually Britain lol but still

Cavendish is from the isle of man, Wiggins was born in Belgium to an Australlian father and British mother, and as he has lived in the UK since he was about 2 years old he competes for team GB. It is also easier for him as team GB has strong links with team Sky, his professional team.

[Emaemmaemily]

Seeing as 54 million out of 64 million British people live in England, it makes sense that there would be more English athletes than Scottish (or Welsh or N. Irish). If a Scottish athlete was better than an English they would be chosen, because we want the best team we can possibly have.

[Mr Dangermouse]

(Original post by RobertAnthonySmith)
I'd rather do **** as Scotland than be part of Team GB, purely because I am quite the Scottish nationalist and don't like the fact that we can't shine at the Olympics because Team GB choose majority English athletes.

Every Scottish athlete that deserves to be there, is there.

[Drewski]

(Original post by RobertAnthonySmith)
I'm not a troll. I also don't regard myself as British. I'm Scottish

And you don't think that's extraordinarily petty? Because I and many others do.

I'm not English, I'm British, I'm just from England.