Nor is it a case of these clubs bringing in players from foreign teams after promotion.
All but six of France's 22-man national squad now play for foreign teams.
Rather than sign the flashy college underclassmen for whom most NBA teams so ravenously compete, Holt goes overseas for 70% of his draft picks, who continue to play for their foreign teams until they prove themselves.
Between 1960 and 1980 the Unesco-sponsored Nubian Rescue Campaign gathered expertise and financing from more than 50 countries, and sent Egyptian and foreign archaeological teams to Nubia.
Currently half of the Premier League's 20 teams are in foreign hands attracted both to its popularity and also the huge numbers involved.
And they saw our troops, along with Provincial Reconstruction Teams that include Foreign Service Officers and other skilled public servants, coming in to ensure that improved security was followed by improvements in daily life.
And it paves a path for more foreign owners of North American sports teams in general.
Teams are restricted to 10 foreign players each and most already have seven or eight on their roster following last year's auction.
The NBA lockout came just as CBA teams were boosting their spending on foreign talent.
For instance, Nomura, an investment bank, has been hiring foreign talent in Asia this year, including teams from Caspian, a defunct investment bank.
Elsewhere, British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw says that emergency support teams are ready to go if needed to help countries affected by the waves.
The goal is to qualify the reception teams in charge of about 600 thousand foreign tourists that are expected to come to Brazil for the 2014 FIFA World Cup.
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Chelsea, Liverpool and Manchester United are among other high-profile teams in the English top-flight under foreign ownership.
In contrast to the National Basketball Association, a strong European presence that counts players from 34 countries on its teams, over 80% of MLB's 241 foreign-born players hail from Latin America or Asia, including 91 from the Dominican Republic, according to figures from the league.
The EU's decision will be a relief for teams like Chelsea and Liverpool, which are heavily reliant on foreign stars.
In the 1980s, the NCAA lifted its restrictions on foreign-born athletes, which brought a large number of internationals to American sports teams.
On both the economic and the foreign-policy sides, he has already put together impressive and above all sensibly moderate teams.
Of course, none of the four teams still standing in Europe's foremost club tournament would have gotten this far without foreign talent.
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