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Should Hawaii represent itself in the Olympics or Soccer or any other global sports similar to what China let's Taiwan do (Chinese Taipei Agreement/ROC)
Hawaii wants a sports team but American sports like NBA and NFL ignore us because of a low market.
What do you think /sp/?
General summary of what the Taiwan-China agreement is
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_Taipei
>tl;dr China recognizes Taiwan as a country only in events such as Miss Universe competitions, FIFA/Soccer, Olympics, so why not do the same with Hawaii and USA?
sure why not
American professional sports leagues ignore Hawaii because it would be a nightmare for travel and TV scheduling.
>>68795680
Would Hawaii compete in OFC or CONCACAF?
No. We stole those islands over a hundred years ago. They've been a state for like 50 years
You might as well ask why we don't let Montana have their own Olympic team
>>68795704
That's why I'm petitioning for Hawaii to be a separate country when in sports events like soccer
>>68795717
>Hawaii is an island not connected to the US
>Angry Hawaiian population who wants Freedoms
>No Sports Teams or representation in anything
If you keep his up, we oughta leave the US. All we want is recognition is Sports and other stuff.also Hawaii and Mainland USA culture is somewhat different
>>68795717
>>68795743
Watch it America, they'll start blowing up your shopping centres if you're not careful
>>68795625
A better comparison is French Guiana having its own "national" soccer team.
Taiwan is an independent country no matter how much mainland Chinese cross their fingers and wish it wasn't.
>>68795704
Hawaii should have its own MLB-sanctioned amateur league at the very least.
>>68795625
I don't see why not.
The U.K lets their territories (Wales, Scotland) represent themselves, and even Australia lets the state of New Zealand have it's own teams in international events, despite being part of another nation.
>>68795996
>amateur
Rookie, rather.
Comparable to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arizona_League
Honestly should. Once you leave the tourist and military zones Hawaii seems more like a different country than a US state.
I don't think OP understands the nature of the China/Taiwan issue, it's not like Hawaii at all!
>>68795625
You aren't stealing Bobby Wood from USA. Nice try
>>68795743
Do Hawaiians really want independence? You never hear about it much.
>>68796073
Local here, and not really. But a lot of us say we do mainly as a state pride thing to stick it to haoles.
>>68796089
Oh. That's kind of what we do in Texas too. Few people really mean it.
Does pro surfing get a lot of coverage in Hawaii?
What kind of sports do they broadcast on local TV?
>>68796764
Surfing is pretty much the only sport they care about there. They have a decent college bb program in a "good for you making the tournament" sense but that's about it.
>>68795980
Wtf are you talking about? They're governed by China
>>68795625
Republicans would lose their minds if someone allowed Hawaii to do that
Just start a rugby team and we'll call it Team USA if it's better than our current state.
>>68796073
it has a decent independence movement. The main problem is that if they did ever become sovereign they'd be fucked because they can't actually support themselves and rely heavily on Federal funding
>>68799483
Nah m8 that's Hong Kong
>>68799544
Hawaii is deep blue, m8
GOP would be happy to give them independence
>>68802928
>Republicans
>Giving up US territory
>>68802965
If they had more than 2 representatives, I'm sure some would at least consider it
>>68795625
>>68796013
Hawaii has been a US state for more than 60 years, it's not like they're some special autonomous province like Puerto Rico or Hong Kong.
>>68795670
Because Taiwan and China hate one another and are constantly at risk of going to war. It's a completely different situation from the US and Hawaii.
>>68795743
>we want other stuff
You're going to have to be more specific & articulate if you want to be taken seriously.
>>68795625
>yea, just like minnesota should compete for themselves in world competition.
are you sseriuous?
>>68795743
>also Hawaii and Mainland USA culture is somewhat different
and california, alabama, and maine all have somewhat different cultures. EVERY state has somewhat different cultures. that's part of what makes us great. we're not some boring homogenized population.
i know you like to think you're different from us haoles, but you really aren't.
>>68804507
To be fair, Hawaii was actually their own Kingdom for centuries.
>>68795625
Fun fact. Belgium wanted to colonize Hawaii at one point.
>>68805855
Belgium should not be a country.
Flanders should join Netherlands and Wallonia joins France
>>68805855
And the Russkies built a fort there
does Hawaii reclaim sovereignity over continental US?
