If Scotland had voted YES in the Olympic Referendum then the negotiations would probably have not been completed by the time of the current Rio games but for many of us in Wales may have had a tear in the eye to here the team from Escocia being announced among the teams in the opening ceremony.
Of course it would be nothing as compared to hearing Pays de Gales entering the arena.
But if the recent European Football Championship proved raising our profile on the World Stage does us no harm at all.
We may have a problem in promoting Cymru as a the real name of our Nation though as the host country may use a version of Wales as our name hence the Portuguese " Pays de Gales" that would have been used in Brazil if we were to have entered as an Independent Nation.
But one place we could start is the Common Wealth Games where I would prefer us to enter the Arena in the opening ceremony as Cymru rather than at the back as Wales.
Indeed it would be somewhat symbolic of how we see ourselves in the World.
As a Independent Nation forging our own Place i the World or stil tied to the "For Wales see England" mentality .
Maybe its time this was pushed in the Assembly and our sporting bodies encouraged to use Cymru as often as possible.
It would also nice to see Cornwall or rather Kernow competing in the Commonwealth Games
The United Kingdom competes as its separate Home Nations, Overseas Territories, and Crown Dependencies
if Jersey and Guernsey can enter. Why not our Celtic cousins ?
Hopefully Scotland will enter the arena in Tokyo in 2020 as an Independent Nation.
It is somewhat sad for the best I can hope for is for for us to enter as Cymru for the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games in Australia 2018 but its a start.
Of course it would be nothing as compared to hearing Pays de Gales entering the arena.
But if the recent European Football Championship proved raising our profile on the World Stage does us no harm at all.
We may have a problem in promoting Cymru as a the real name of our Nation though as the host country may use a version of Wales as our name hence the Portuguese " Pays de Gales" that would have been used in Brazil if we were to have entered as an Independent Nation.
But one place we could start is the Common Wealth Games where I would prefer us to enter the Arena in the opening ceremony as Cymru rather than at the back as Wales.
Indeed it would be somewhat symbolic of how we see ourselves in the World.
As a Independent Nation forging our own Place i the World or stil tied to the "For Wales see England" mentality .
Maybe its time this was pushed in the Assembly and our sporting bodies encouraged to use Cymru as often as possible.
It would also nice to see Cornwall or rather Kernow competing in the Commonwealth Games
The United Kingdom competes as its separate Home Nations, Overseas Territories, and Crown Dependencies
if Jersey and Guernsey can enter. Why not our Celtic cousins ?
Hopefully Scotland will enter the arena in Tokyo in 2020 as an Independent Nation.
It is somewhat sad for the best I can hope for is for for us to enter as Cymru for the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games in Australia 2018 but its a start.
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