flyinghippos101
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I remember listening to a discussion between a few tennis analysts during Raonic's run at the AO about Greg Rusedski and players changing nationalities in general. It's not a foreign concept, we already had a handful of players opting to do so, mainly to receive better funding from a different international tennis federation. We have people like Mary Piece, Greg Rusedski and more recently, Dustin Brown making the change. Some people are still sour about Rusedski changing nationalities while some point to Tennis Canada being crap for driving Rusedski away.
My take on this issue is that both parties are at fault here. Even though their original tennis federations may have been horrible, it still isn't necessarily imperative to switch nationalities, it seems very selfish to me. Tennis Federations may not invest a great deal on aspects such as player development or funding if they don't see the results, the money makers and publicity generators. However if a player was able to achieve great things and establish a presence internationally while with their original federation, it may garner publicity, revenue and increased interest and attention to player development and funding.
I also however believe that tennis federations shouldn't have to wait till numerous promising players switch nationalities to address the state of their player funding and development. However once again, ties with my point above, management issues are also probably taken into consideration. If Milos stays with Tennis Canada, he's doing a lot of good for the federation and tennis in Canada as a whole.
My take on this issue is that both parties are at fault here. Even though their original tennis federations may have been horrible, it still isn't necessarily imperative to switch nationalities, it seems very selfish to me. Tennis Federations may not invest a great deal on aspects such as player development or funding if they don't see the results, the money makers and publicity generators. However if a player was able to achieve great things and establish a presence internationally while with their original federation, it may garner publicity, revenue and increased interest and attention to player development and funding.
I also however believe that tennis federations shouldn't have to wait till numerous promising players switch nationalities to address the state of their player funding and development. However once again, ties with my point above, management issues are also probably taken into consideration. If Milos stays with Tennis Canada, he's doing a lot of good for the federation and tennis in Canada as a whole.