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Post by guest2 on Jan 8, 2020 8:42:59 GMT -5
If Tina Graudina chose to use her USA citizenship post Olympics I would imagine she would have a large selection available If she is going back to school, that could take some of the sting out of the waiting period
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Post by grtorres on Jan 8, 2020 12:21:21 GMT -5
I don't think she's an American citizen or even has a green card....if she had one or the other she would probably have played at the AVP by now....she's probably on a student visa
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Post by Deleted on Jan 8, 2020 12:29:55 GMT -5
I don't think she's an American citizen or even has a green card....if she had one or the other she would probably have played at the AVP by now....she's probably on a student visa You are correct. Student Visa. Not American.
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Post by geddyleeridesagain on Jan 8, 2020 13:52:47 GMT -5
I don't think she's an American citizen or even has a green card....if she had one or the other she would probably have played at the AVP by now....she's probably on a student visa You are correct. Student Visa. Not American. That isn’t true. Tina has a U.S. passport, and didn’t need a student visa. She’s free to play for the USA if she so chooses.
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Post by houdini on Jan 8, 2020 16:44:58 GMT -5
You are correct. Student Visa. Not American. That isn’t true. Tina has a U.S. passport, and didn’t need a student visa. She’s free to play for the USA if she so chooses. Correct - LAT and USA. Tina's dad is a former Milwaukee/Chicago indoor coach. Her first AVP might be Chicago after the Olympics. Partner with...? Her final year at USC is still ahead.
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Post by robonthemic on Jan 9, 2020 2:16:42 GMT -5
In my interview of Tina in December she was 1) focused on the Olympics, 2) coming back to finish her degree/career at USC, and 3) play AVPs once her collegiate career is done since she has dual-citizenship. I'm so curious how she develops during this year, then with Dain at USC. That USC program is going to be SCARY good when she comes back.
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Post by acrossthepond on Jan 9, 2020 5:07:32 GMT -5
You are not allowed to play AVP while being at a college? Why is that?
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Post by JB Southpaw on Jan 9, 2020 8:49:01 GMT -5
You are not allowed to play AVP while being at a college? Why is that? I believe it is only when school is in session, they can play during the summers. May have to do with scholarships?
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Post by haze on Jan 10, 2020 15:37:47 GMT -5
In my interview of Tina in December she was 1) focused on the Olympics, 2) coming back to finish her degree/career at USC, and 3) play AVPs once her collegiate career is done since she has dual-citizenship. I'm so curious how she develops during this year, then with Dain at USC. That USC program is going to be SCARY good when she comes back. "Playing AVP's because she has dual citizenship" makes me think she is not going to play for USA. If she was I don't think the phrase "because she has dual citizenship" would apply. But I have no idea.
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Post by pepperclove on Jan 10, 2020 17:04:57 GMT -5
Just read that Hughes and Fendrick are making a push for the Olympics, so I guess Summer is not close to healthy. Or Hughes just wants to move on.
I have a hard time seeing Hughes and Fendrick coming close to catching the other US contenders though. A super team might have a shot, but this is not a super team.
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Post by tamz on Jan 10, 2020 17:11:35 GMT -5
The Brazilian women outside of the two teams who are confirmed going to Tokyo also played the game of partner switches.
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Post by tamz on Jan 10, 2020 17:13:07 GMT -5
Just read that Hughes and Fendrick are making a push for the Olympics, so I guess Summer is not close to healthy. Or Hughes just wants to move on. I have a hard time seeing Hughes and Fendrick coming close to catching the other US contenders though. A super team might have a shot, but this is not a super team. Ummm how??? volleyballmag.com/beach-bytes-010920/
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Post by dunninla3 on Jan 11, 2020 17:39:27 GMT -5
You are not allowed to play AVP while being at a college? Why is that? The NCAA doesn't allow participation in professional activities while maintaining NCAA eligibility during the academic year. However, they make an exception for an athlete officially representing their country's federation... so she can represent Latvia in the pre-olympic and Olympic events. An NCAA athlete can not earn prize money representing their country (in other words FIVB) beyond that amount necessary for their expenses to compete. AVP is different. AVP is not representing USAV, so that's a no go. Play AVP while school is in session and NCAA eligibility is forfeited. So I suppose that leaves summer break and Christmas break as times an NCAA athlete could play AVP. It's interesting then, that the school's academic calender makes a difference. For example UCLA starts around 3rd wk. of September, and ends around 2nd week of June. Semester schools tend to start 3rd wk. of August, and end 2nd week of May. Semester students could play AVP from May 15-Aug 15, and 1st wk of January, while Quarter students could play from June 20 - September 20, and 1st wk of January. Neither could play Spring Break since that falls within the official Beach Volleyball season.
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Post by guest2 on Jan 12, 2020 9:24:20 GMT -5
Graudina/Wilkerson?
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Post by ajm on Jan 12, 2020 18:40:01 GMT -5
You are not allowed to play AVP while being at a college? Why is that? The NCAA doesn't allow participation in professional activities while maintaining NCAA eligibility during the academic year. However, they make an exception for an athlete officially representing their country's federation... so she can represent Latvia in the pre-olympic and Olympic events. An NCAA athlete can not earn prize money representing their country (in other words FIVB) beyond that amount necessary for their expenses to compete. AVP is different. AVP is not representing USAV, so that's a no go. Play AVP while school is in session and NCAA eligibility is forfeited. So I suppose that leaves summer break and Christmas break as times an NCAA athlete could play AVP. It's interesting then, that the school's academic calender makes a difference. For example UCLA starts around 3rd wk. of September, and ends around 2nd week of June. Semester schools tend to start 3rd wk. of August, and end 2nd week of May. Semester students could play AVP from May 15-Aug 15, and 1st wk of January, while Quarter students could play from June 20 - September 20, and 1st wk of January. Neither could play Spring Break since that falls within the official Beach Volleyball season. Didn’t Sponcil have to wear a USAV Beach uniform while playing in one of the AVPs last year?
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