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Although there are two extreme examples (Yi and Yao), the bottom line is that China disregards honesty and fairness in dealing with other countries. Intellectual Property Rights etc., are completely disregarded by the majority of their population, and the face of communism is pretty ugly when you see it up close. China is essentially a Godless Nation, so their frame of mind is difficult for others to understand when it comes to fairness and human rights issues.

At least Brazil is trying to insure their NBA players that are playing on their National Team.

If Yi get s injured on the China National team and remains un-insured, my geuss is that the NBA will not require his team to pay his salary during the time that he is unable to play due to injury.

I am obviously not a big Yi fan, after demanding as a rookie to be traded to a larger market team and then turnoing out to not be all that. More importantly, I think that it is important to take note of what n NBA team may be getting themselves into when they they draft an NBA player from China.

Yao never let the Chinese government play him as a pawn, but Yi always seem to take their bait hook, line, and sinker.

Ok, so Yi is playing for the Chinese national team, and that makes them dishonest.... k.

It's certainly not my ideal as far as government goes, but your post doesn't seem to connect any dots.

China is clearly lacking a heck of a lot on the human rights front, but why does it always have to come back God? You do know it's possible to behave ethically without religious motivations, right?

finnegan wrote:China is essentially a Godless Nation, so their frame of mind is .

lol, yeah. stopped reading here.

seejaydeja wrote:

finnegan wrote:China is essentially a Godless Nation, so their frame of mind is .

lol, yeah. stopped reading here.

Ditto.

As we've all seen, sports in America are governed by a strict code of ethics that can be traced back to the puritanical roots of the original colonists.

/green font /crazy talk

God plays a big part in sports, the holier team always wins.

This topic is ridiculous, by the way.

DelaneyRudd wrote:Ok, so Yi is playing for the Chinese national team, and that makes them dishonest.... k.

It's certainly not my ideal as far as government goes, but your post doesn't seem to connect any dots.

He is playing for the Chinese National team without insurance, so if he gets injured and loses playing time during the NBA season then his NBA team still has to continue paying his salary while he recovers from any injuries that occur while playing for the Chinese National team.

It would kinda be like Raul Lopez coming here for a few years, and then blowing out his knee like he did for his National Team, and the Jazz would still have to payout his full salary. Insurance would cover Raul's remaining salary if this were to happen today.

But China doesn't deal fairly with these types of situations, so I think that it is worth noting.

MacheteConfetti wrote:This topic is ridiculous, by the way.

Then don't read it!

I should have locked this earlier. My bad.