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I think the rule is to protect against this:

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/30/sport...naris.html

Of course, Nneka's situation is different, since her parents are Nigerian, but you could imagine countries basically fielding rent-a-player teams to represent them if you opened it up completely.  I think, for example, that there were limitations on Catarina Macario playing for the USWNT (she was ultimately approved to play by FIFA this year: https://www.ussoccer.com/stories/2021/01...-the-uswnt).


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I think the rule is to protect against this:

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/30/sport...naris.html

Of course, Nneka's situation is different, since her parents are Nigerian, but you could imagine countries basically fielding rent-a-player teams to represent them if you opened it up completely.  I think, for example, that there were limitations on Catarina Macario playing for the USWNT (she was ultimately approved to play by FIFA this year: https://www.ussoccer.com/stories/2021/01...-the-uswnt).


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