daz wrote:Are you sure?
Did you controll their identity cards?
Hahaha!! Maybe we should start thinking about it
daz wrote:At least I see 3 french friends on pictures but maybe are they hooligans?
I've been checking past e-mails and you're right, they weren't at least six 100% Swiss players. We wanted to respect that rule, that's why we didn't accept Portugal to play the Eurobowl. The Swiss team told us that they were forming a team and they knew that rule. Why in the end they were the exception has some story behind and I don't think that should be taken into consideration when talking about respecting that rule or not.
Knowing all the teams that said they were coming (Switzerland included), the Spanish team members paid upfront (or we were going to lose the chance of getting the place) for accommodation, meals and prizes and then we waited for the payments of the rest of the teams. Less than four weeks for the tournament, the Swiss team let us know that in the end they weren't six 100% Swiss players, that they had tried to be as Swiss as possible and that they had already bought the plane tickets. We accepted their explanations of being as Swiss as possible (at least the ones that weren't Swiss were living there for several years with plans of staying or that was what we were told) and accepted their participation in order to not lose a lot of money.
With that explanation I guess that you will understand that taking the Eurobowl of 2008 as an example of breaking the rule is not very accurate. If we organize the Eurobowl again, to avoid this situation, we will make sure to collect the money from the teams several months before, checking that they accomplish the 'at least 6 nationals rule', so there won't be any possibility of losing money.
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