By; Marc Piggee

International basketball players are becoming more well known in the NBA league. There is one common star in the NBA who goes by the name of Giannas Antetokounmpo who currently plays for the Milwaukee Bucks. He is one of the top mvp candidates this season. The Bucks have the best record this year and one of the main causes of this situation is Giannas play on the court with his fellow teammates. How could I forget Joel Embiid the best big man in the game right now. It seems like he keeps getting better and better each year. It was mentioned that one-third of the league teams has foreign born players who would classify as its best or at least its most important. As you go back to the year of 1999-2000 there were only two foreign players who averaged more than fifteen points and they were Dirk Nowitzki who is currently still in the nba after all those previous seasons and Tim Duncan who were both national champions at one point. I believe bringing international players to the NBA, will only make the NBA a better franchise and create a better market. Many individuals around the world would tune in more in the NBA. Its around 150 international players in the league right or more and this creates more excitement to the game. My favorite international basketball player of all time is Yao Ming and he was super tall while being athletic so that was his major advantage. International players pursuing their career in the NBA is going to make the game fun and have more competition. Many international players have made an impact in the NBA league. Dirk mentioned that there were six guys with twelve or more rebounds, five of them born outside of the US. Six guys with seven or more assist, while all of them were born outside of the US. And there were four or more guys with three or more blocks, while of them being born outside of the US. I would say that is impressive and from my eyes I see in today games many international basketball players making a huge success in the national basketball league. I hope in the future their happens to be more international basketball players making an appearance to the NBA league.

https://www.thenationalherald.com/225375/international-stars-antetokounmpo-leaving-mark-on-nba/

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By; Marc Piggee

There was a breaking news which Ex- Manchester United boss Jose Mourinho on settle tax fraud case. He accepted a one-year prison sentence for over tax fraud but he insisted on just paying the fine. Mourinho was one of the most successful coaches in modern European soccer, winning league titles with Chelsea, Inter Mila, Real Madrid and Potro. Also he won the Champions League in 2004 with Porto and in 2010 Inter Milan. The 56 year old has been fined 1.9 Euros, equivalent to 60 percent of the amount defrauded as well as 121,764 euros in interest. In my opinion I feel as their should be more time in jail on prison on the account of tax fraud. I think just because he was a boss he got the easy way out. Tax fraud will ruin the business of the sport. Mourinho is a good coach but what separates him from being a great coach is the tax fraud which is illegal. Mourinho and his defense team had agreed with the tax ministry to exchange the twelve month prison sentence with a fine of 250 euros for twenty four months. This was the best decision for Mourinho after the investigation but he still has to take responsibility for his actions. He would definitely but looked at differently because of this incident. I understand that the sport league is a business and being sacked by Manchester United after premier league club endured their worst start to a season for twenty eight years under his leadership. The settling for tax fraud case seems to be mostly the issue and doing so, would only result in jail time or paying the fine. In my opinion this issue should be looked more upon in internationally leagues because it is destroying the image of bosses, owners, and the future league.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/la-liga/ex-manchester-united-boss-jose-mourinho-settles-tax-fraud-case/ar-BBTctGL

a man standing in front of a crowd: Manager Jose Mourinho of Manchester United watches from the touchline during the Premier League match between Manchester United and Leicester City at Old Trafford on August 10, 2018 in Manchester, United Kingdom.


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By; Marc Piggee

In Premier League soccer team Chelsea hit with one-year transfer ban on signing players. Chelsea found out in breach of FIFA transfer regulations relating to the registration of 29 players under the age of 18. The club has also been fined $600,000 and given 90 days to address the situation of the players concerned. The ban applies to men’s teams and does not prevent the release of players. which is potentially more bad news with Belgian. There were rules for athletes under the ages of 18. I kind of figured why the league wants to sign younger athletes because they soon will adapt to the professional level and they can learn much from the professionals. Minors should be able to play above their age level if they are good enough. Twenty nine players found under the age of eighteen was a shocked to me. In FIFA there are many teams that will find a way to win and signing athletes under the age of eighteen has been issue. England football association has been fined $510,000 for failing the address the international transfer and first registration of minors in soccer. It has been tons of money that has been lost in the premier league and in the future many teams will follow the FIFA rules in order to win games or maybe win a championship. All around the world many teams cut players and other players keep players. It all depends on whether the team wants to develop that player or not, so that why I feel that in this premier league that are signing minors because they will only get better and they are bringing something new to program. The FIFA league should have rules but I feel as if the minor can play on the top level, they should deserve to play on which level they feel more comfortable.

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/02/22/premier-league-soccer-team-chelsea-hit-with-one-year-transfer-ban-on-signing-players.html

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