Quote from: nullama on September 18, 2022, 11:55:51 PM

Quote from: shogun47 on September 18, 2022, 08:18:33 PM

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I think you raised a very valid point here! The FIFA is probably not in the position to make any legal decisions. They act according to what is said to be his nationality as per his legal documentation. Now if it is wrong, the FIFA is still fine as that will be a case that needs to be investigated by authorities.
But you know what would really be a polarizing bomb? Imagine the guy scores a decisive goal in a match and sends home another team and then after the World Cup it turns out at court that the documentation was indeed wrong. My lord I think that would raise tons of discussion.
The FIFA does not really have any other choice here then to accept what counts right now. The reverse situation would be just as bad if they exclude a whole nation from the tournament and it turns out the allegations were wrong...

Yeah, and the thing is that there's still another instance in which this will be debated further with the Court of Arbitration for Sport.
But I don't know if that organization has any power in deciding about the legality of the documents Ecuador is showing. At least it does sound more powerful than FIFA in terms of legality of documents.
We'll have to wait and see what happens.

I would say that almost every court in the world is of the opinion that a person is innocent until proven guilty. The same approach should be taken by FIFA in this matter as well, and I strongly believe that it should. The fact that there are some allegations against a country cannot justify the exclusion of an entire country. It is my opinion that they should let them play the game. Till now, nothing has been proven to be true so far, as far as I am aware. It will also be possible to act based on those allegations if they are proven to be true in the future if those allegations are substantiated.

Regards

Duke