If a country won't pick you and another will, go play. Players have one short career—loyalty to a federation that benched you isn't worth missing a World Cup.
Yeah, plus it pressures federations to drop politics and actually pick talent or lose it.
No, loyalty colors the game. Swapping nations bleeds the banner dry and robs fans of the truth of where a player belongs.
What you control is your choice and effort; choosing a better stage for your gifts serves the game and your duty, not betrayal.
Yes, denying a talent a World Cup shot by birthright is tyranny; switching to the nation that values merit is a rational claim to equality.
