Quote Originally Posted by Grimario View Post
The difference is that they were all eligible for those nations at youth level. Traore was NOT eligible for any other country than Ivory Coast when he played youth so that means he can't ever play for anyone else. If he was eligible for Ivory Coast and Australia back then, a youth game wouldn't have locked him in... but that wasn't the case.
lol, sorry if I'm not making myself clear. Like I said, I 100% understand the technicality of the ruling. My point is that the rules themselves seem completely arbitrary and pointless. Do you disagree with that?