Should Britain have a unified futbol team at the 2012 Olympics? I think that they should -- the Olympics are in London, the sport is massive there and FIFA have assured the home nations all will be fine afterwards. 

The Guardian is running a debate here. Here are a couple of money quotes: 

Yes:  "Why does a country, rich with footballing talent and success, fail to put forward a men's and women's team for the Olympic Games when it's a perfect opportunity to showcase our skills and win? Doesn't really make sense, does it?"

 

 

 

No: "If we were to merge as one football nation, others would point out - and probably with justification - that our level of representation was unjust and ask that we voted as one. That would have massive implications for our ability to influence Fifa issues and our standing; a merged football team would therefore attack our constitutional rights. The possibility beyond that, of course, is that people would question why we retained individual national football teams and country-by-country representation in European football at all. It is a dangerous road to go down." 

"Fortunately I know this won't happen. One way or another there will be a GB team at the 2012 Games. The only question is, will they be a truly British team or an England XI playing under the union flag?"

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