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Then he cannot play for the other NT. Same as FIBA rules. Maybe if the player only played for u21, then he would still eligible to play in other country's NT. But that's a big maybe.

I disagree with this, mainly because it will NOT favor small countries at all.

IF you are allowed to naturalize ONE player on EVERY TEAM, it means that the bigger nations get even BIGGER.
More teams => more naturalizations => more players. Simple logic my friends.

However, the general idea of "adding" players to small nations is a good one, but could be done by adding a few foreigners in every draft instead.
I would suggest about 2-5 foreign players in each draft. Smallest nations have 46 natives and 2 foreigners and the biggest nations have 43 natives and 5 foreigners.
The foreigners come from random nations, where the smallest have the highest percentage.

For a managers own team, it makes no different, player still counts as own player AND they can still reach NT.
But for NT teams, smaller nations have a slight increase in possible future NT players.

Win Win?!

I would suggest that a naturalized player would hold "two citizenships" - of a mother country and of a country which naturalized him. This way, that player could help boost merchandise sales of clubs from both countries. Also, that player would be able to play for any of those two NTs, however, once he plays a match with one NT, he's not eligible to play for other NT anymore.
It would be just like in the real world under FIBA rules.

"IF you are allowed to naturalize ONE player on EVERY TEAM, it means that the bigger nations get even BIGGER. "

Even if there was only one naturalized player allowed per national team, just like one player allowed per club team? Will this really make a huge difference in the scheme of things?

I saw someone else ask if a player would be eligible to naturalize in the event that they'd played for their original country. The suggestion earlier in the thread that this type of player needs to be acquired at 18-19 years old should mitigate against this possibility considerably.

- 1 player per team (club and National teams)
- need to be acquired as a teenager
- 8+ years continuous service with the team
- player has "dual citizenship" - and reverts back to his original nationality if he leaves his NEW COUNTRY (not just the team) by way of transfer. A player can only play for one national side regardless IMO. Maybe after 12+ years he switches permanently. Obviously there's a few wrinkles that can be added.

The point of the OP was to consider the pros and cons - I'm not convinced the cons outweigh the pros at all with this idea.

It would add a great deal of interest to a large number of managers and give a (restricted) option to develop someone long term for your team and fans and also your country (if he's good enough to be the ONE naturalized player allowed per national team!)

I have said previously IMHO the worst part of this game is draft & scouting and availability of elite native prospects (and the cost of coaches!!)

B)

Last edited by NBird33 at 9/7/2019 8:41:38 AM