Terrorist list hurts Gonzaga recruit
Posted: Thursday June 05, 2008 05:18AM ET
Shooting guard Bol Kong has drawn interest from a number of universities and recently received a scholarship offer from Gonzaga. It is the defense he has met off the court that has slowed him -- and could prevent him from ever playing for the Bulldogs or anyone else in the United States. Kong, 20, is originally from Sudan, which is listed by the United States as a state sponsor of terrorism. Although he has lived in Canada since age 7, he does not hold citizenship there. He has been denied a visa to study in the United States three times, and it is unclear if he will ever satisfy the requirements for entry.






Comments (29)
Bol Kong is a pretty sweet name.
SpaldingSmails | 06/05/08, 09:08 AM
Report Offensive CommentI agree with American immigration policy. We can't have all of these Canadians coming across the border to play basketball. It might put some of our own inner city thugs out of a job
titansftw | 06/05/08, 09:11 AM
Report Offensive CommentThey probably won't let him in the country as long as he is a shooting guard.
Romosapian | 06/05/08, 09:22 AM
Report Offensive CommentThis is ridiculous...let the kid come play.
C-Smith | 06/05/08, 09:42 AM
Report Offensive Commenttitansftw u are a racist (why do u have to be a thug coming from the innercity)
chi town over the hump | 06/05/08, 10:05 AM
Report Offensive CommentRacist is a term we throw out WAY too often along with hero and awesome. Get over it, he is entitled to his opinion. That is what living in a free society is all about. Oh, by the way, take it for the joking way it was intended idiot.
donruss | 06/05/08, 10:13 AM
Report Offensive CommentThose rural country boys might pass around a petition to keep him from playing...
Wa2Sea | 06/05/08, 10:36 AM
Report Offensive CommentI feel sorry for the kid but I can't get over his name.
J. HOVA: BROOKLYN'S OWN | 06/05/08, 10:43 AM
Report Offensive CommentKinda sucks for the kid-
But in reality- if he has been in Canada for 13 years.......
Why HASN'T he gotten ctizenship up there?
jgb | 06/05/08, 11:10 AM
Report Offensive CommentKid from terrorist sponsoring country infiltrates United States on basketball scholarship. NCAA all-star by day, Terror Cell leader by night.
Sounds like an awesome movie!
BruinsWin! | 06/05/08, 11:44 AM
Report Offensive CommentC'mon, he can't be any worse than Rasheed or A.I,
Riddy | 06/05/08, 11:56 AM
Report Offensive CommentAlso, his name sounds like he's from the dinka tribe - like Luol Deng + Manute Bol. They're the ones that have been getting slaughtered for 25 years. But i guess they're all the same to the State Dept.
duany | 06/05/08, 12:40 PM
Report Offensive CommentI'll be the first to say that US immigration policy is completely braindead. Still, why should it make a difference that he's a basketball player? We wouldn't even be having this conversation if he was a math whiz. It's bad to make a retarded policy even worse by pushing a different standard for this kid just because he knows his way around the court.
szquirrel | 06/05/08, 04:58 PM
Report Offensive CommentActually, szquirrel, the policy may be retarded but he's not being held to any different standard. He's being held to the exact same standard as anyone else from Sudan. He isn't getting a free pass because he happens to be an athlete.
YODA | 06/05/08, 05:32 PM
Report Offensive CommentFirst, Canada must apologize for the band "Loverboy". Then Kong can play!
Hillary Clinton | 06/05/08, 06:37 PM
Report Offensive Commentdonruss (a joke ,take it as a joke ha ha ) thats what a racist would say .bruinswin i am more scared of yhe home grown terrorist like oliver north dumping all those drugs on american citizens now thats a terrorist act for u.
chi town over the hump | 06/05/08, 07:30 PM
Report Offensive CommentKinda sucks for the kid-
But in reality- if he has been in Canada for 13 years.......
Why HASN'T he gotten ctizenship up there?
jgb | 06/05/08, 11:10 AM
Maybe he is proud of his Sudanese heritage , but got tired of being bombed and shot at because he wasn't of Arab lineage. Ever heard of Darfur? They're having some problems there.
eyesWIDEopen | 06/05/08, 07:44 PM
Report Offensive CommentBTW, this kid has one of the coolest names...ever.
eyesWIDEopen | 06/05/08, 07:46 PM
Report Offensive CommentGood to know the excellent policies of the U.S. governement are keeping out such threats as shooting guards. Maybe they saw he was a "shooting" guard and thought he was a terrorist. This is the same government that has Nelson Mandela on the terrorist watch list, so such stupidy wouldn't suprise me
amberbs84 | 06/05/08, 09:42 PM
Report Offensive CommentI meant "stupidity"
amberbs84 | 06/05/08, 09:44 PM
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