June 2nd, 2046 by Omar Khayyam
"Many men of many Nationalities shall walk together"
When we saw the press release from the Red Crescents, we had a discussion on the forums of the fan site and decided that we were not just fanatical fans of the Red Crescents, we were fanatical fans of the whole Riyadh organisation, any one in any of the various teams affiliated to Riyadh could one day become a super star for the Red Crescents. We must support and back them all.
We have had our fan members all around the UMEBA compiling these stats for us and we have found that our glorious organisation has 166 players spread around Riyadh, Port Elizabeth, Santiago, South Guam, Chinese Taipei and the secret International Complex that remains hidden from public view. Those 166 players come from 47 different countries but only one player (from Romania) from the home Territories of the UMEBA. We all agree that is not right, and we have got together with the militant wing of The Red Rooters to issue this decree.
“We the massed fans of Riyadh give the infidel commissioner Matt Rectenwald one year to ensure that players from the territories of umeba have the opportunity to play in their own league. We must have our own star players to follow
If he does not meet our demands, we will hand out dreadful, dreadful things to the infidels who play in our countries but give no chance to our people to participate. We must have heroes of our own..”
A hero of Vatican City
The Pope informs the population of Vatican City of the momentous news
We have some rare players in our organisation, 30-yr-old reliever Wayne Maule is one of only eight professional players that hail from Belize, 29-yr-old reliever Finley Midwinter is one of the 10 Jamaican players that make a living from baseball but rarest of all is our 2046 third round draft pick 17-yr-old Alba Gallino who is the only ever professional player to have come from the Vatican City, a small enclave surrounded by Italy. It is the personal country of the Pope’s Vatican staff and has a population of less than 1,000 people. The Pope has already informed the population of Vatican City of the fantastic news that former altar boy Gallino has become the first ever professional player from their secular country. We will follow him greatly and we hear already that over 60% of Vatican City already own a Chinese Taipei jersey.